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The California Assembly Health Committee approved a bill today by Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) that would require HMOs and health insurers to…
Apr 17, 2007Associated Press The jury found Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate -- which claimed most of the damage was due to storm surge, an event…
Apr 17, 2007The San Diego Union-Tribune "(James) Thomson made a very important contribution to science," said John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Apr 16, 2007Stem cells get the publicity, but the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's cash cow continues to be vitamin D.Wisconsin State Journal The Los…
Apr 16, 2007Wisconsin State Journal By requesting that the embryonic stem cell patents be re-examined, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights' John M.…
Apr 16, 2007Poll shows most resigned to prices climbingThe Stockton Record Judy Dugan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights wants California lawmakers…
Apr 16, 2007Los Angeles Daily News There's a provision of Prop. 103 that's responsible for a serious change in insurance pricing that's already being…
Apr 15, 2007Autos: The Low-cost Option Finds Few Takers. Some Blame MarketingThe Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) Doug Heller, executive director of the Los Angeles-based…
Apr 14, 2007State House News Service The California-based health-care advocacy group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights condemned the state's approval of high-deductible health…
Apr 13, 2007Ventura County Star (California) It's a good, civic-minded, energy-saving action, but the wrong payment method, said Judy Dugan, research director for the…
Apr 13, 2007Science Magazine Preliminary as it is, many people are gratified by the patent decision. "Nobody wanted to do anything, but everybody seemed…
Apr 13, 2007San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California) This number means that while oil companies continue to insist there's a direct link between what they…
Apr 13, 2007Pharma Marketletter Genentech's soaring income drew criticism from some quarters, including the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer rights, which argued…
Apr 13, 2007The Chronicle of Higher Education The patent office undertook the re-examination of the three patents in response to a request filed in…
Apr 13, 2007Associated Press The database set up to provide a window into how California spends billions of taxpayer dollars is badly flawed. The…
Apr 13, 2007A national symbol of environmentalism, he has skeptics at home.Los Angeles Times Schwarzenegger killed another bill last year that would have made…
Apr 13, 2007Some lawmakers and consumer advocates are supporting a new effort to regulate insurance rates in California.Los Angeles Times The foundation (FTCR), one…
Apr 12, 2007PROPOSAL TO HAVE STATE SET RATES FACES TOUGH GOINGThe San Jose Mercury News (California) Jerry Flanagan, the health care policy director for…
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