PacifiCare Violations and $1.33 Billion Fine is Result of 2005 Merger with UnitedHealth Inc; Cautionary Tale for Future Mergers
Cautionary Tale for Future Mergers
Jan 29, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Rejection of Fire Levy Plan Urged
Consumer advocates praised Poizner for providing legal ammunition that could help counter the governor's surcharge. "The governor should not be foisting off…
Jan 26, 2008
Healthcare
Dunn Defends Plan for Doctors in Rehab
SACRAMENTO, CA -- To have earned a title like "The Man Who Cracked Enron," Joe Dunn must be persistent. So it's no…
Jan 25, 2008
Privacy
Stricter Rules On Political Gifts Considered
The Fair Political Practices Commission wants to tighten disclosure requirements and could ban many contributions altogether. California's political watchdog agency is drafting…
Jan 25, 2008
Insurance
Will gov finally have to pay his own way?
The state ethics board is considering rules that would ban private organizations from funding the governor's overseas travel, including private airplanes and…
Jan 25, 2008
Energy
Consumer Spurs Change In How PG&E Lists Charges
Mary Nielsen was angry. Not only had Pacific Gas & Electric overcharged the then-87-year-old Oakland resident $800, but in examining the bill,…
Jan 25, 2008
Privacy
Stricter Rules on Political Gifts Considered
The Fair Political Practices Commission wants to tighten disclosure requirements and could ban many contributions altogether. California's political watchdog agency is drafting…
Jan 25, 2008Cost of Massachusetts Health Insurance Mandate To Rise 85% – $400 Million – in ’09; CA Mandate Proposal Certain to Face Similar Increases
Also, Big Pharma Gives $400K to Prop 93, Drops Opposition to Schwarzenegger/Núñez Health Bill After Plan Change
Jan 24, 2008
Insurance
Group Calls for Probe of Núñez
A political watchdog group called Tuesday for a state investigation into Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez's channeling of corporate charitable funds through a…
Jan 23, 2008
Accountability
Complaint Accuses Nunez of Misusing Charity
In a filing with the ethics panel, a foundation says the Assembly speaker used funds given to a nonprofit for political purposes.…
Jan 23, 2008ConocoPhillips Rides Oil Prices To Record Earnings As Consumers Face Soaring Costs at the Gas Pump;
First of Big Oil Giants To Report 2007 Profits Had Best 4th Quarter Ever
Jan 23, 2008
Accountability
Complaint accuses Nunez of misusing charity;
In a filing with the ethics panel, a foundation says the Assembly speaker used funds given to a nonprofit for political purposes.…
Jan 23, 2008
Insurance
Group calls for probe of Nunez
A political watchdog group called Tuesday for a state investigation into Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez's channeling of corporate charitable funds through a…
Jan 23, 2008Complaint Asks State Ethics Board To Investigate $270K in Possible Campaign Violations by Assembly Speaker
Núñez Used Nonprofit to Fundraise and Pay for Events Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer advocates called for an investigation into questionable fundraising…
Jan 22, 2008
Insurance
Cross-Country Trip Proves Futile
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) January 19, 2008 by Patriot Ledger staff CROSS-COUNTRY...
Jan 19, 2008
Insurance
CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP PROVES FUTILE
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) Norton, according to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, wanted to talk about the difficulty he…
Jan 19, 2008
In The News
Eulogy for the people’s governor
Very interesting article in the Los Angeles Times today: The governor is calling himself a flip-flopper. But he thinks it's a good…
Jan 19, 2008
Healthcare
Ronald Norton – Worcester, Massachusetts
Mandatory Private Insurance Is Unaffordable
Jan 18, 2008