Prominent consumer advocates clashed with business groups Wednesday over whether the Health and Human Services Department should delay new rules under the healthcare reform law. Read the Article>

The Obama administration on Monday marked the launch of National Consumer Protection Week with a renewed push to highlight provisions of the president's healthcare reform law. Read the Article>

Opinion by John McCormack

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Moving to implement a much-anticipated consumer protection in the new healthcare law, the Obama administration issued regulations Thursday requiring health plans to describe what they cover in clear, standardized language that is understandable to consumers. Read the Article>

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bevy of new healthcare laws designed to expand consumer protections for Californians in need of health insurance or medical care. Read the Article>

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Alarmed at soaring premiums and profits in the health insurance industry, the Obama administration demanded on Thursday that insurers justify proposed rate increases of more than 10 percent, starting in September. Read the Article>

As House Republicans plan to repeal the healthcare reform law this week, their Democratic counterparts are staging a hearing on Tuesday where individuals will testify in favor of consumer protections included in the reform law. Read the Article>

It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone - even the insurance lobby - seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness.

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