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California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi seeks workers' compensation reformLos Angeles Business Journal "The truth is Garamendi has stared the insurance industry in…
Sep 15, 2003Investigation prompts commissioner's denial of 15.6% proposed increaseBusiness Insurance "We challenged this proposed rate hike because we believe SCPIE was trying to…
Sep 15, 2003American Health Line Jamie Court, executive director of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based consumer advocacy group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, added,…
Sep 15, 20032003 legislative session ends with bills being voted on into the wee hours.The Orange County Register Of the 2,867 new laws that…
Sep 14, 2003Beginning in 2006, employers would be required to provide insurance coverage to 1 million of the state's working poor.The Los Angeles Times…
Sep 14, 2003The Daily News of Los Angeles Harvey Rosenfield, president of FTCR, said even though illegal immigrants will have access to driver's licenses,…
Sep 14, 2003FTCR called upon the legislature to enact insurance and HMO premium regulation, price controls on doctors and hospitals, and a state-run insurance…
Sep 13, 2003The Monitor (Tribune Business News) "Caps have no effect other than to further line the pockets of insurance companies," said Carmen Balber,…
Sep 12, 2003Pueblo Business Journal (Pueblo, CO) "We're seeing insurance costs escalating and a rapid increase in non-renewals. More troubling, there is a quiet…
Sep 12, 2003National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition Jamie Court, who directs the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, says there's one huge weakness:…
Sep 12, 2003Donation Regarded As Quid Pro Quo for Law That Allows Insurers to Surcharge Poor in Violation of Prop 103
Sep 11, 2003Norcal Mutual Wants to Raise Doctors' Premiums by $16 Million; Recent Ruling Stopped 2nd Largest Insurer From Overcharging Doctors
Sep 11, 2003The insurer says it is negotiating with the state Insurance Department over underwriting standards and a rate increase.The Los Angeles Times The…
Sep 11, 2003The Los Angeles Times In the end, said Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa…
Sep 11, 2003The exchange of social security numbers and other financial identifiers among America's corporations dramatically increased Americans' risk of identity theft The exchange…
Sep 10, 2003CONTRA COSTA TIMES Although the bill caps the percentage of costs passed onto workers at 20 percent, it doesn't fully protect against…
Sep 10, 2003The San Diego Union Tribune "While health-care costs are soaring, premiums are increasing at a much greater rate," said Jerry Flanagan, health-care…
Sep 10, 2003Poll: Consumers More Worried About Health Care Rates Than Terrorist Attacks "Health insurers should be required to get 'prior approval' for rate…
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