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The $8.1 billion acquisition would give the company a commanding presence in the senior-care market.The Orange County Register (California) Consumer advocates were…
Jul 7, 2005Associated Press "HMO goliaths like WellPoint and Aetna and a merged UnitedHealth and PacifiCare are so big they don't have to compete,…
Jul 7, 2005USA TODAY The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR), the group that led the fight in California over WellPoint, has launched…
Jul 7, 2005$8.1 billion deal will create insurer with 26 million membersThe San Francisco Chronicle A consumer advocacy group disagreed with the merger. "Consumers…
Jul 7, 2005The New York Times Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the advocacy group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said it would…
Jul 7, 2005UnitedHealth Group is set to purchase PacifiCare in an $8.1 billion deal.Sacramento Bee Creating the nation's second-largest health insurer "will result in…
Jul 7, 2005Associated Press "HMO goliaths like WellPoint and Aetna and a merged UnitedHealth and PacifiCare are so big they don't have to compete,…
Jul 7, 2005Stockton Record "A $150,000 fine on a company that had a $300 million profit increase is barely a slap on the wrist…
Jul 6, 2005Nearly 45,000 charged multiple timesVentura County Star The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights reported that one customer in Stockton had $1,110,…
Jul 6, 2005Error caused multiple charges for premiumsSan Diego Union Tribune Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, said…
Jul 6, 2005Millions buy health insurance through trade and other groups. But alliances and claims of misrepresentation raise concerns.Los Angeles Times Many associations offer…
Jul 5, 2005About 60% meet state's deadline for service chargesSan Francisco Chronicle "We need to have strict oversight and require standardization of rates," said…
Jul 2, 2005Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a nonprofit consumer protection agency, said the Act would…
Jul 2, 2005Los Angeles Daily News The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which organized the train trip to Vancouver, said that if Canada…
Jul 1, 2005HEALTH: Many people, among them Inland seniors, buy the lower-cost medications.The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) Some Americans in northern states go to Canada…
Jul 1, 2005Consumer Affairs "The AMA's feigned concern for the fate of patients targeted by drug advertising makes about as much sense as a…
Jul 1, 2005The Wall Street Journal The evolving situation in Canada has prompted an outcry from U.S. consumer groups who believe low-income Americans, including…
Jul 1, 2005S. FLORIDIANS VOICE CONCERNSun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) "Americans are only buying drugs from Canada because President Bush and Congress, with their cozy…
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