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$6 Billion in Taxpayer Money at RiskThe Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) & California Nurses Association (CNA)
Jan 23, 2006Reuters The watchdog group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said UnitedHealth's double-digit profit growth translates to a bad deal for patients.…
Jan 19, 2006Nonprofit claims 'pattern of leadership failures' by stem cell agency chief.Sacramento Bee John M. Simpson, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights stem…
Jan 19, 2006Biotech watchdog says Prop. 71 agency needs a fresh startThe San Francisco Chronicle John Simpson, stem cell project director at another advocacy…
Jan 19, 2006Consumer Group Calls for Moratorium on Insurance Mergers
Jan 19, 2006California Plan Must Ensure That the Public Benefits from Prop 71 Funds
Jan 18, 2006Southwest Gas, California Edison offering discounts based on inability to payThe Daily Press - Victorville (California) Douglas Heller, executive director for the…
Jan 18, 2006Los Angeles City Council
Jan 17, 2006A driver's address or gender can be more important in the state than experience. But a Prop 103 compliance push may change…
Jan 16, 2006Giving your biggest donors access to your chief of staff (as the LA Times...
Jan 12, 2006The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) Medical malpractice insurance companies consistently inflated the amount they estimated they would pay out in claims between…
Jan 9, 2006The Los Angeles Times It's safe to say that the industry is not much better loved today than it was in 1988.…
Jan 9, 2006Los Angeles Business Journal Two recent mergers, PacifiCare with United Health and Anthem with WellPoint, reveal that getting bigger is, in fact,…
Jan 9, 2006INITIATIVE AIMS TO UNDO ORDER TO HALT THE PRACTICE San Jose Mercury News (California) "Anybody that believes that the insurance industry is…
Jan 7, 2006The San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica said the petroleum industry…
Jan 7, 2006Mercury Insurance's chief is pushing a measure to rewrite the 1988 initiative that governs auto insurance premiums in the state.Los Angeles Times…
Jan 5, 2006CNNMoney.com According to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, some rebate companies will reject the rebate if the form is torn,…
Jan 5, 2006Associated Press "California motorists, homeowners and businesses can expect to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars more every year for insurance if…
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