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$120,000 given to candidate who would regulate the industryTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Any candidate for commissioner who wants the faith of California…
Mar 30, 2006Move by University of Wisconsin could stifle research here. Profits from studies were supposed to be funneled into California's coffers.Los Angeles Times…
Mar 30, 2006Court Cases Filed In Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
Mar 28, 2006California Attorney General Bill Lockyer strongly opposed federal legislation that will eliminate state health insurance consumer protection rules, warning the bill "will…
Mar 28, 2006Papers report that the gov released his first official re-election ad yesterday, but anyone who watches television saw what looked a lot…
Mar 28, 2006Grand Rapids Business Journal "The effect of this legislation will be to deregulate the entire health insurance market," wrote consumer advocates from…
Mar 27, 2006Scripps Howard News Service Even so, critics count on the power of patients'-rights advocates like Dana Christensen to make their case. The…
Mar 22, 2006
Health insurance premiums are increasing 250% faster than hospital and...
Mar 22, 2006California and 41 states passed tough HMO Patients' Bill of Rights laws because Congress refused to act. Now, a President Bush-backed plan…
Mar 22, 2006Watch the new music video and help sink the health insurance pirates. (Thank You to the Austin Lounge Lizards for their new…
Mar 22, 2006Harvard Study Finds Medical Bills Push Many Into Bankruptcy Nearly half of all Americans who file for bankruptcy do so because of…
Mar 22, 2006Patients, employers, nurses, doctors, and hospital administrators have the most significant opportunity in decades to unite and build a universal health care…
Mar 22, 2006"If the U.S. were to shift to a system of universal coverage � the savings in administrative costs would be more than…
Mar 22, 2006“Like it or not, if we pay $1,500 per car for health care and our cheap global competitors pay $200, that’s a…
Mar 22, 2006