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Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Mr. DOUG HELLER (Executive Director, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights): The governor is supposed to be making…
Aug 31, 2005
Penn Valley couple shocked by big billsSacramento Bee "No other policy sells patients health care coverage that promises so much yet delivers…
Aug 29, 2005Some legislators choose to abstain rather than vote. It's all about power -- or political cover.Los Angeles Times Abstentions so annoy one…
Aug 29, 2005Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) The Service Station Dealers of America agree, saying wholesalers are limiting competition and thus pushing prices higher. "Fuel…
Aug 28, 2005State earthquake authority votes to reduce coverage rates 22.1 percent. Review is in works.The Orange County Register (California) Doug Heller, an insurance…
Aug 26, 2005San Jose Mercury News (California) "This was a key moment for California homeowners, because getting the approval of the earthquake authority was…
Aug 26, 2005Los Angeles Times Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, brought two small pigs…
Aug 26, 2005The cost of residential coverage would drop by an average of 22%. But some areas, including Palm Springs, could see a dramatic…
Aug 26, 2005The Daily News of Los Angeles Groups representing policyholders, including the San Francisco-based United Policyholders and Santa Monica-based The Foundation for Taxpayer…
Aug 26, 2005While the Gov's been spending all of his energy fundraising at a world record clip, what's happened to Californians' energy? Gasoline prices…
Aug 26, 2005Consumer Group Applauds Move; Says Rate Decrease Will Allow More Californians to Get Insured
Aug 26, 2005The Orange County Register "This puts consumers in an unwinnable bind," said Doug Heller, executive director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Aug 25, 2005Patients Protest Merger Bonuses and Reserves Large Enough to Provide Health Insurance To 278,000 Californians for An Entire Year
Aug 25, 2005Hawaii has decided to cap the wholesale price of gasoline. Other states have debated such a move.The Kansas City Star "It's very…
Aug 25, 2005Schwarzenegger on panel looking at rate reductionThe San Francisco Chronicle A consumer group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, endorsed the…
Aug 25, 2005Sacramento Bee (California) "One of the key reasons people have not bought or have dropped coverage is the rates are so high,"…
Aug 25, 2005Sacramento Bee (California) "I'm all for price controls to the extent that they limit profiteering," said Jamie Court, of the Foundation for…
Aug 25, 2005Los Angeles Times The pharmaceutical industry's campaign to turn California's voter initiative process into its wholly owned subsidiary is moving into full…
Aug 25, 2005