Category: Consumer
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Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products
By Fred Schulte
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Travel insurance’s tricky language leaves customers without refunds during COVID-19
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Jack and Vicky Brennan looked forward to a sailing trip out of Grenada in July 2020. Months earlier as COVID-19 got worldwide attention, the St. Petersburg couple decided to purchase travel insurance, in case they couldn’t go. Now, the company won’t pay. -
FDA to Florida company: Stop turning silver into fools’ gold with fake COVID-19 cure
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Could silver cure COVID-19? Not according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. -
Assignment of benefits scams rip off tens of millions of dollars a year
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
Over the last several years, the assignment of benefits by consumers has become a major source of fraud, abuse and overpricing. Insurance companies estimate that AOB abuse costs Florida property owners and insurance companies tens of millions of dollars a year. -
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First Amendment claims seen as Rx for drug makers, headache for consumers
By Paul Raeburn
FairWarning
Off-label promotion has long been considered a serious white-collar crime. The FDA has fined drug companies billions of dollars for off-label violations. The aim: to prevent them from overstating the benefits and understating the risks of their products, a practice known as misbranding – and one that sometimes leads to patients getting drugs that prove harmful or even deadly. -
Non-profit donors allegedly acting as “fronts” for utilities backing Amendment 1
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Consumers for Smart Solar, the Political Action Committee supporting controversial Amendment 1 that critics say would give Florida utility companies a monopoly on solar energy, has raised $4.45 million from three non-profit groups allegedly acting as “fronts” for utility industry contributions.
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