Consumer Group Gives Seniors Tips for New Medicare Prescription Program;
Analysis Provides Overview of the 47 California Medicare Drug Plans
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Insurance
Five Questions Every Senior Must Ask Before Choosing A Medicare Drug Plan
Are My Drugs Covered?
Nov 15, 2005
Energy
Governor, on rebound, lands in Far East;
Emerging China offers market potential for high-tech, agriculture, energy interestsTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Nov 13, 2005
Energy
Oil, gas companies feeling heat
The Tulsa World (Oklahoma) Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, has a different theory. Fuel supplies are…
Nov 13, 2005
Insurance
REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS: THE INSURANCE GAME
After storm, some feel insurers hung them out to dry; Residents complain about waiting and denials; firms say they're moving as fast…
Nov 13, 2005
Healthcare
US Medicare HMO/PBM political funds slammed
Pharma Marketletter "Under the current program, seniors and taxpayers will pay too much for prescription drugs by being forced to subsidize HMO…
Nov 11, 2005
Energy
New Analysis Shows that Private Companies Awarded Lucrative Medicare Drug Contracts Contributed $6.5 Million to Win Congressional Favor
"Rx Express" Riders Across the Nation Say Medicare Should Be Allowed To Use Its Purchasing Power To Negotiate Discounts
Nov 10, 2005
Insurance
Cut Out the Peking Pork
Arnold, call it off. The Gov's trip to China with some of his biggest corporate donors is exactly the type of cash…
Nov 10, 2005
Privacy
Stem cell royalty promise just election ruse?
Sacramento Bee As was entirely predictable, biotech leaders and many university leaders - key supporters of Proposition 71 - are now opposing…
Nov 8, 2005
Insurance
Dialing to Save a Life
Schwarzenegger's been dialing heavily for dollars to fund his ballot agenda in tomorrow's election, which he claims is do or die for…
Nov 7, 2005
Healthcare
Family fights an HMO for 4-year-old’s life
The San Francisco Chronicle "When you have to fly a patient out to the East Coast, it is the fundamental HMO no-no,''…
Nov 5, 2005
Energy
Furor over oil-industry windfall puts GOP to the test
CBS MarketWatch Conservatives in Washington usually deride talk of a windfall-profit tax - a policy last seriously advocated in 1979 - as…
Nov 4, 2005
Insurance
GREAT TIME TO BE IN OIL BUSINESS
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas) Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, who says oil companies deliberately reduced refining…
Nov 4, 2005
Insurance
Getting voters to ‘toon in;
Campaigns increasingly use cartoons on Internet to grab attention.The Orange County Register (California) Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog, a campaign affiliate of…
Nov 4, 2005
Privacy
Accusations that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been catering to special interest groups
CBS-TV Evening News (National) Doug Heller and other government watchdogs say when it comes to raising special interest cash, the governor has…
Nov 4, 2005
Privacy
Super Secret Arnold List of New Initiatives
California newspapers are reporting today that Arnold has a slew of new initiatives in the works regardless of how voters respond to…
Nov 3, 2005
Energy
Oil profits stir windfall tax ideas
Gannett News Service Consumer groups and Democrats started pushing for a windfall-profits tax after gas topped $3 a gallon in September. But…
Nov 3, 2005