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When Californians enacted insurance reform with Proposition 103 in 1988, voters prohibited auto insurers from considering prior insurance coverage. Now, two decades…
Nov 15, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA -- As he campaigns to become California's next governor, Republican Steve Poizner often proclaims that auto and homeowner insurance rates…
Nov 15, 2009Google and US authors and publishers submitted a revised settlement to a US judge Friday seeking approval of an agreement that would…
Nov 15, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Google and the Authors Guild filed a new version of a deal to create a massive online library on…
Nov 14, 2009ED SCHULTZ, HOST: UnitedHealthcare, the country's largest insurer, is pressuring employees to do their dirty work for them and lobby Congress against…
Nov 14, 2009And then there is United Health, whose lethal pursuit of profit has been chronicled before on this program. With reform options narrowing…
Nov 14, 2009A $5,000-per-ticket “national innovation conference,” hosted by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and attended by senators including New Mexico’s Jeff Bingaman, is being…
Nov 13, 2009Both the Democratic and Republican Senate campaign committees are holding big fundraisers -- the Democrats today at Google headquarters and the Republicans…
Nov 13, 2009Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth suggested its employees write U.S. senators to oppose health care reform proposals and even provided letters to use. The Nov.…
Nov 13, 2009A Democratic Party-sponsored "national innovation conference" to examine key policy and technology issues at Google's headquarters beginning today has critics charging that…
Nov 13, 2009Several families of autistic children denied treatments by their health plans have won administrative appeals, in a sign that a recent court…
Nov 13, 2009The nation's largest health insurance company is recruiting its employees in a grassroots lobbying campaign against health care reform, according to the…
Nov 13, 2009A watchdog group is calling on seven senators not to attend an event at Google's headquarters that the organization says is a…
Nov 12, 2009Dashboard lets you get rid of some information on there. Google says part of the goal here is to stop the theory…
Nov 12, 2009Consumer Group Accuses UnitedHealth Of Intimidating Workers The nation's largest health insurance carrier is urging its employees to lobby the Senate against…
Nov 12, 2009United Healthcare Urges Employees to Oppose Public Option and Cost Reforms, Demand Larger Tax Penalties On Consumers Who Don't Buy Private Insurance…
Nov 12, 2009Opponents of Reform Received 15% More In Contributions From Health Industry Than Supporters Washington D.C. -- Democrats who voted against health care…
Nov 12, 2009Public Policy Should Be Decided In Hearing Room With Sunlight And Transparency, Group Says SANTA MONICA, CA -- Warning that a Democratic…
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