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CFO.com "When 45 million Americans cannot afford health care at same time health insurance profits triple, we clearly need more regulation to…
Mar 16, 2006Inc. Com "This bill has been sold as a way for small-business owners to lower health-care costs," said Jerry Flanagan, health-care policy…
Mar 15, 2006Premiums will depend more on driving recordSacramento Bee For auto insurance buyers, the most important thing to understand is that under the…
Mar 15, 2006Empty Benefit Plans Marketed as "Low-Cost" Option Cost More for Less Coverage
Mar 15, 2006Accusations Of Conflict Of Interest in CPUCABC TV-7 KGO (San Francisco) Consumer activists accuse the governor of working behind the scenes to…
Mar 15, 2006Associated Press Critics say that letting insurers bypass state protections gives consumers a false sense of security. "People will think they have…
Mar 14, 2006The Wall Street Journal The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consumer group in Santa Monica, Calif., complained that the legislation…
Mar 14, 2006Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation stopping states from having food-warning labels that are tougher than…
Mar 14, 2006BUT SAVINGS PROGRAM COULD BACKFIRE, EXPERTS SAY The Daily News of Los Angeles "They (HSAs) are sold as Band-Aids, but in essence…
Mar 12, 2006Associated Press "I want us to win," Beatty said at a fundraiser for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, an advocacy…
Mar 10, 2006The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has entered the fray on the proposal to rebuild the state's roads, levees and schools, paying for…
Mar 9, 2006Associated Press FTCR's president, Jamie Court, welcomed Thomas' retirement, calling him the "poster child for everything that has gone wrong with the…
Mar 7, 2006North County Times (San Diego, CA) Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, blamed "greedy"…
Mar 4, 2006Conflict-of-interest issue hangs over Ohio muscle showTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Doug Heller of ArnoldWatch -- a watchdog effort of the Foundation for…
Mar 3, 2006A proposed measure would bar assessment of such damages in many product liability suits.The Los Angeles Times "This measure removes a major…
Mar 2, 2006Los Angeles Times Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the court's ruling was tantamount to giving…
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