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State Commissioner Garamendi wants drivers to pay based on safety records, not ZIP codesSacramento Bee (California) Consumer groups that accuse insurers of…
Dec 24, 2005Garamendi: Give record more weight than the ZIP codeTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Garamendi characterized the changes as the final implementation of Prop.…
Dec 24, 2005California's top regulator says he will propose giving more weight to motorists' records and miles driven than to where they live.Los Angeles…
Dec 24, 2005Associated Press The foundation (FTCR) was a driving force behind the voter approval of Proposition 103. The initiative gave the Department of…
Dec 24, 2005Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) "What (insurance companies) do is target urban areas and raise the rates," said Doug Heller, executive director…
Dec 23, 2005The New York Times An outside advocacy group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the provision posed a conflict of…
Dec 20, 2005Those in mostly black or Latino areas are found to pay more. Insurers dispute the data.Los Angeles Times "The challenge before John…
Dec 20, 2005UnitedHealth's takeover of PacifiCare would be the second-biggest merger ever in the hospital managed care industryMonterey County Herald (California) The California Medical…
Dec 20, 2005Legislation to stop information hounds in their tracksBlack Enterprise - January 2006 Issue "It's important for consumers to know that information brokers…
Dec 20, 2005Buyer UnitedHealth will commit $200 million to improve services for the poor as part of the deal.Los Angeles Times Jamie Court of…
Dec 20, 2005Newhouse News Service Some critics take particular aim at Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., for helping to attach the bird flu…
Dec 20, 2005The New York Times Asked about the proposals, Douglas Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said that…
Dec 17, 2005The Kansas City Star The closing of refineries has been an issue because a lack of refinery capacity can contribute to higher…
Dec 14, 2005The Washington Times The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights is accusing lawyer Robert R. McMillan, a member of the AMA's board…
Dec 13, 2005Consumers often aren't getting the information they need to find the best healthcare deal.Los Angeles Times "In the healthcare market, unlike the…
Dec 12, 2005Los Angeles Times "That, more than any of these other moves, is pretty brazen, to put the insurance industry's longtime chief lobbyist…
Dec 11, 2005The Bakersfield Californian "They (Shell) knew by keeping this refinery closed they would have been able to charge a dime more a…
Dec 9, 2005A Medicare pilot program aims to cut medical costs and visits to the hospitalThe Orange County Register Patient advocates praised the voluntary…
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