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Insurer, Dutch Bank Bid for Aetna
USA Today
A California health insurer and a Dutch investment bank are making a bold bid to take over Aetna US Healthcare.
Consumer Group Will Oppose Aetna-Wellpoint Merger
The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said today it would call upon the United States Justice Department to stop the proposed merger of Aetna and Wellpoint Health, two of the nation's largest managed care companies, on
New Bill Asks More Clout For Doctors
Sacrmento Bee
A bill that would exempt California doctors in private practice from antitrust laws and let them link together to negotiate better fees from health insurers is shaping up as a feisty legislative battle.
CA Bill To Drop Anti-trust Laws For Doctor Bargaining
May Be Necessary Evil For Managed Care Age
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights issued tentative support for new California legislation (SB 2007) that drops anti-trust barriers to collective bargaining by physicians, but said that it would be preferable for the state to directly regulat
State Agency Rejects Quackenbush Regulations For Low Cost Auto Insurance Program
FTCR Called on Office of Administrative Law to Refuse Regulations Which Would Have Created Unfair Barriers to the Poor
Bill Gives Doctors Leverage
San Francisco Chronicle
California doctors would be able to escape antitrust laws and band together to negotiate fees and contract provisions with health maintenance organizations under legislation introduced Friday by state Sen. Jackie Speier.
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