Insurance
Núñez sweetens deal for unions
Los Angeles Times "We were waiting for the payoff to show up," said Jerry Flanagan, healthcare policy director for the Foundation for…
Dec 20, 2007Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Lisa Poplaski – Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Mandatory Private Insurance Is Unaffordable
Dec 18, 2007Labor & Medical Industry Give 56% of Prop 93 $$ to Win Concessions in Health Care Legislation;
Núñez Deal Would Force Consumers to Buy Health Insurance With No Limit on Price or Promise of Meaningful Benefits
Dec 17, 2007
Healthcare
Delay in healthcare vote urged;
Labor and legislators haven't had time to vet the Nunez-backed plan, a union group says.Los Angeles Times Jerry Flanagan, the healthcare advocate…
Dec 16, 2007
Insurance
Watchdog Wants Spending on Travel, Meals, Gifts Justified
Sacramento, CA -- California's elections watchdog wants assurances that politicians aren't tapping campaign funds to pay for personal travel, meals and gifts.…
Dec 15, 2007Stem Cell Agency “Disclosure” Makes Mockery of Claims Of Openness And Transparency;
Institute Reveals Identities of 12 Institutions Seeking $260 Million In Laboratory Grants; Five Still Secret
Dec 14, 2007
Insurance
Poizner: Blue Shield canceled policies;
State insurance chief plans to pursue a $12.6 million fine for dropping patients.Sacramento Bee (California) Consumer advocates accused Blue Shield of downplaying…
Dec 14, 2007
Privacy
Stanford, Berkeley, UCSF, Buck get nod for stem cell facility grants
San Francisco Business Times The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, based in Santa Monica, said release of the news makes a…
Dec 14, 2007Consumer Advocates Urge Tough Rules to End Unrestricted Political Spending
Ethics Board Proposes Travel, Meal Disclosures to Close Spending Loophole Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer advocates applauded the state ethics board for…
Dec 14, 2007
Privacy
Institutions Revealed in California Grant-Conflict Flap
Wired Magazine Critics of CIRM, including John M. Simpson, stem cell project director for the Foundation of Taxpayer and Consumer Rights of…
Dec 13, 2007Stem Cell Agency Finally Reveals Institutions Involved In Conflict Problem;
After Public Pressure, Five Research Institutions Are Identified During Grant Award Discussion
Dec 12, 2007
Privacy
Stem cell housecleaning;
Grants are great, but the California institute created to fund research needs to put its business in order.Los Angeles Times The agency's…
Dec 12, 2007
Privacy
Stem cell board member to recuse himself;
The San Francisco Chronicle The Fair Political Practices Commission is responsible for enforcing laws governing the stem cell agency, which was created…
Dec 12, 2007
Healthcare
The wrong way to reform term limits; There’s a reason special interests are bankrolling Proposition 93.
Los Angeles Times California's elected officials have failed this year to take care of any pressing state problems -- except their own.…
Dec 12, 2007
Healthcare
The wrong way to reform term limits; There’s a reason special interests are bankrolling Proposition 93.
Los Angeles Times California's elected officials have failed this year to take care of any pressing state problems -- except their own.…
Dec 12, 2007
Privacy
Burnham official recuses himself from stem cell work in probe
The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights filed a complaint about the incident to…
Dec 12, 2007
Privacy
Stem cell panelist steps aside
Sacramento Bee (California) John Simpson, stem cell project director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, targeted Reed in a Nov.…
Dec 12, 2007
Privacy
Conflicts trip up state stem cell program;
Burnham's Reed to be investigated by state commissionThe North County Times (San Diego, CA) In a related matter, the California Fair Political…
Dec 12, 2007