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Insurers say savings will come from workers' compensation reform, but probably not as soon as employers wish.Los Angeles Times Douglas Heller, director…
May 14, 2004
Public Advocates
May 12, 2004Mercury Insurance Bill Seeks to Restrict Insurance Commissioner's Authority to Prevent Abuses
May 12, 2004KERO Interviews Refinery ManagerThe Bakersfield Channel - KERO TV (California) Jamie Court, the president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights,…
May 12, 2004Bill Takes Power From Insurance Commissioner To Stop Illegal Practices
May 11, 2004Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Texas) It's particularly offensive that when we simply try to get our own money out of the bank, we're…
May 10, 2004Governor, lawmakers and business are weighing in on how best to revamp the power system.Los Angeles Times Letting the biggest corporations in…
May 10, 2004Economic initiatives now at top of his listThe San Francisco Chronicle The chamber has been preaching the same anti-regulation, anti-litigation, pro-deregulation, job-killer…
May 10, 2004FTCR pledges ballot initiative if two other cost control policies fail
May 6, 2004Ehnes says she can't cure all ills, but she wants to keep doctors fiscally healthyThe San Francisco Chronicle "When it's a matter…
May 6, 2004Sacramento Bee "Arnold is the gun that the chamber has put to the heads in the Legislature to get its way," said…
May 5, 2004California consumer groups say the industry is taking advantage of supply concerns with record retail prices.Los Angeles Times "They're making money hand…
May 5, 2004Associated Press Jerry Flannigan, a lobbyist for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the bill would have helped control one…
May 5, 2004San Bernadino Sun "This proposal is a power grab to give the biggest corporations in California a get-out-of-jail-free card under the pretext…
May 5, 2004Health profits' limits consideredThe Daily News of Los Angeles Consumer advocates have shown strong support of the bill. The Foundation for Taxpayer…
May 4, 2004Pharma Marketletter (UK) Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) are virtually unregulated, said Jerry Flanagan of FTCR, who added: "leaving this industry to self-regulate…
May 3, 2004The Seattle Times The recent spike in gas prices has prompted some pointed criticism among politicians and consumer groups who believe oil…
May 1, 2004