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The Schwarzenegger administration will announce tomorrow that it is reinstating health insurance for some patients whose coverage was illegally canceled by health…
Apr 16, 2008LOS ANGELES, CA -- Though state regulators fined Blue Cross $1 million last year for improperly dropping policyholders after they fell ill,…
Apr 16, 2008Allstate has been given until an April 24 hearing to prepare arguments in its appeal of a state order to cut its…
Apr 16, 2008I stumbled across a delightful article in The New York Times this morning: "Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay."
Apr 15, 2008Hundreds of Service Employee International Union (SEIU) staff and members stormed a progressive union gathering in Dearborn, Michigan this Saturday -- dispensing…
Apr 15, 2008Insurance Commissioner Ordered Allstate to Lower Rates by 15.9% Under Prop. 103 Santa Monica, CA – Consumer advocates argue today before a…
Apr 15, 2008"I'm making you and offer you can't refuse," said Robert Goldstein. "Free money to do good things." Goldstein, chief scientific officer for…
Apr 15, 2008Carrier Draws Line After Making 150,000 Pages Public, Including McKinsey Report Allstate's reluctant release of some 150,000 pages of documentation -- including…
Apr 14, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog petitioned the state Department of Managed Health Care to announce within 10 days its plans regarding…
Apr 14, 2008Insurance commissioner candidate Gene Reed Jr. has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from officers of a Pennsylvania company that has…
Apr 14, 2008Health Insurance Market Trends Fuel Climbing Medical Expenses, Which Are a Sore Point on Wall Street Health insurance -- despite being famous…
Apr 13, 2008Governor Schwarzenegger's ballot measure committee just reported receiving 10 grand from the Insurance Brokers and Agents Issues PAC. Here's the contribution:
Apr 11, 2008Group Asks President to Deflate Oil Markets With Immediate Releases From Strategic Reserve Santa Monica, CA -- As gasoline and diesel…
Apr 11, 2008Though the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) must be commended for hosting the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research meeting in Washington…
Apr 11, 2008The Capitol Alert has details this morning of Senate leader Don Perata's weekend fundraising event, the Pro Tem Cup at the Four…
Apr 10, 2008A California consumer advocate group is condemning Allstate for allegedly "systematically underpaying claims to policyholders, or forcing them into protracted court battles…
Apr 10, 2008Donors to the Democratic Party are getting uppity. They’ve dared suggest that the money they donated to elect people might not exactly…
Apr 10, 2008ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. In…
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