Trouble in Toyland 2012
Survey Finds Dangerous Toys on Store Shelves. CALPIRG Provides Shopping Tips & Mobile Website To Help Parents Shop Safe.
View ArticleComments on the Aetna Life Insurance Company Proposal to Increase Rates
Nearly 70,000 Californians in small group insurance plans will see rate hikes averaging 8%, with some as high as 22%, if the premium rate hike proposed by Aetna Life Insurance Company go forward. After...
View ArticleCALPIRG joint letter on Consumer protection for “California Covered”
CALPIRG joins a coalition of consumer advocates in preventing risks to consumers using the new health benefits exchange known as “California Covered.”
View ArticleSubsidizing Bad Behavoir
Corporations accused of wrongdoing commonly settle legal disputes with government regulators out of court. Do- ing so allows both the company and the government to avoid going to trial and the agency...
View ArticleReview of Anthem's Rate Increase on Individual Policies
CALPIRG Education Fund has reviewed a massive new rate increase proposal from Anthem Blue Cross. 340,000 Californians can expect to see rates increase an average of 20% this year, with some as high as...
View ArticleTransparency in City Spending
New Report Compares California Cities to Other Major Cities Across America
View ArticleThe Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens
When U.S. corporations and wealthy individuals use offshore tax havens to avoid paying taxes to the federal government, it is an abuse of our tax system. Tax haven abusers benefit from our markets,...
View ArticleFollowing the Money 2013
Every year, state governments spend tens of billions of dollars through contracts with private entities for goods and services, subsidies to encourage economic development, grants, and other forms of...
View ArticlePicking Up the Tab 2013
Academic studies conclude tax haven abuse costs the United States approximately $150 billion in tax revenues every year. Multinational corporations account for $90 billion and individuals the rest....
View ArticleA New Direction
The Driving Boom—a six decade-long period of steady increases in per-capita driving in the United States—is over.Americans drive fewer total miles today than we did eight years ago, and fewer per...
View ArticlePrescription for Danger
New report shows that compounding pharmacies have been exploiting loopholes in the regulatory system for at least a decade.
View ArticleComments on the Blue Shield of California Proposal to Increase Small Employer...
After analysis of the complete filing – inclusive of the three subsequent submissions – it appears that for the most part, Blue Shield provided sufficient background data for the requested rate...
View ArticleIssue Brief: Student Loan Debt in California
Without a new plan from Congress, on July 1 the interest rate on subsidiezed Stafford student loans will double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. This brief highlights the impact on California...
View ArticleCalHEERS: Protecting Consumer Data by Developing and Implementing Strong...
CALPIRG Education Fund is pleased to provide recommendations on best practices and standards for the development and implementation of strong physical, technical and administrative security...
View ArticleThe Future is Calling
CALPIRG Education Fund releases a new report titled explaining how mobile payment systems work while providing consumers with the information they need to best utilize mobile payment systems in a safe...
View ArticleComments on the Health Net Life Insurance Company Proposal to Submit New...
Overall Health Net's proposed rates appear to be unreasonably high when compared to identical products offered by competing health insurance providers.
View ArticleTop Twenty Pay-For-Delay Drugs
Californians with cancer, heart disease, epilepsy and other conditions have been forced to pay an average of 10 times more than necessary for at least 20 blockbuster drugs, according to a report...
View ArticleApples to Twinkies 2013
At a time when America faces high obesity rates and tough federal budget choices, taxpayer dollars are funding the production of junk food ingredients. Since 1995, the government has spent $292.5...
View ArticleOffshore Shell Games
This study reveals that tax haven use is ubiquitous among the largest 100 publicly traded companies as measured by revenue. 82 of the top 100 publicly traded U.S. companies operate subsidiaries in tax...
View ArticleMoving off the Road
Californians have cut their per-person driving miles by 6.6 percent since 2005, while the nation’s long term driving boom appears to have ended, according to a new report from the CALPIRG Education Fund.
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