Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 27/12/2008
Blue Cross was fined $150,000 for improperly disclosing patients’ medical information to other insurance companies. According to Blue Cross, the disclosure was a printer error. Abuse of patient information has been noted. According to Judy Dugan who works for Consumer Watchdog, patient information has been held for ransom before. For the full article, click here .
LA Biz Observed (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
... are for purely financial reasons, with cuts far exceeding the state's drop in consumption, " said Judy Dugan, research director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog, "Now is the time for government to insert sharper oversight and regulatory controls of the refining industry. Otherwise, low oil prices will not keep translating to lower gasoline prices, and fuel prices are...
Consumer Watchdog (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
... market.In the letter sent yesterday to the energy commission, Consumer Watchdog research director Judy Dugan says, “You prove there is a pick-pocket at the gas pump, then ask that he be required to keep his hand in our wallets indefinitely.” The CEC draft, following a year-long process, fully acknowledges that consumers suffer an annual loss in the hundreds of millions of dollars...
Consumer Watchdog (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
... market.In the letter sent yesterday to the energy commission, Consumer Watchdog research director Judy Dugan says, “You prove there is a pick-pocket at the gas pump, then ask that he be required to keep his hand in our wallets indefinitely.” The CEC draft, following a year-long process, fully acknowledges that consumers suffer an annual loss in the hundreds of millions of dollars...
