Joe Steps Aside / Insurance Shenanigans

KPFA - The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph welcomes Jeff Cohen from the activist group “Roots Action,” whose “Step Aside Joe” campaign was years ahead of the curve urging Joe Biden — for many reasons — to keep his promise to be a one-term president. Plus, Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog, updates us on how the insurance industry, in cahoots with governor Gavin Newsom, wants to roll back the immensely successful Prop 103 that over the years has saved Californians billions of dollars in insurance premiums and why this struggle has implications for auto and homeowner insurance premiums across the country.

GUESTS:

Jeff Cohen is Co-Founder and Policy Director at RootsAction. He is a media critic, columnist, documentary filmmaker, and retired journalism professor who founded the media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) in 1986. For years, he was a regular pundit on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, discussing issues of media and politics. He is the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.

Harvey Rosenfield is one of the nation’s foremost consumer advocates and founder of the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog. Among many other accomplishments, Mr. Rosenfield authored Proposition 103, which has saved consumers hundreds of millions of dollars in auto insurance premiums. He has also co-authored groundbreaking initiatives on HMO reform and utility-rate deregulation and is the author of the book Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice.

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