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Landmark legislation would require state's employers to buy insurance for workers.The Los Angeles Times "The potential sea change is to the level…
Sep 9, 2003Calls on Hastert to rescheduled a vote set for the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on a bill that would gut…
Sep 8, 2003Insurance Chronicle The ruling was in response to the first-ever consumer group challenge to a medical malpractice insurance rate hike request, brought…
Sep 8, 2003Modern Healthcare Heller called the rollback a tribute to Proposition 103, a 15-year-old initiative that requires insurance companies to justify any premium…
Sep 8, 2003Houston Chronicle A $250,000 cap was instituted in California in 1975. However, malpractice rates continued to rise. They went up 450 percent…
Sep 7, 2003Government gets big drug discounts you can't get: 50 to 4,000% off - VA prices make Canada look expensiveCharleston Gazette (West Virginia)…
Sep 7, 2003The San Francisco Chronicle "Cruz is a player," said activist Jaime Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.…
Sep 7, 2003Police say others may have been attacked while being prepared for surgery.The Sacramento Bee "People don't always report it or they don't…
Sep 6, 2003The Baltimore Sun (Maryland) "The concern is that we have so little control over our private information that every time we open…
Sep 6, 2003A typical Edison home customer will get $40. Users of Sempra and PG&E also will benefit.The Los Angeles Times Consumer activists, however,…
Sep 5, 2003Expected dip slow in coming.The Daily News of Los Angeles "With gas prices, there's a hard push upward that's so extreme that…
Sep 5, 2003GOP, Democrats both have complaints to make as legislation advances on corporate fraud, handgun safety and garbage collection fees.The Los Angeles Times…
Sep 5, 20031-800 Whistleblower Hotline, New Protections for Employees Who Speak Out And Penalties For Hiding Financial Fraud Go to Governor's Desk
Sep 4, 2003Associated Press "Punishing corporations after the fact doesn't help pensioners who have lost their savings," he said. "With this package of bills,…
Sep 4, 2003The Washington Post "It's really a shame. He's squandered an opportunity. He pledged to be the people's governor, and at the end…
Sep 4, 2003Tampa Tribune (Florida) FTCR revealed it had purchased the Social Security numbers of CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft…
Sep 4, 2003State law could hinder efforts to fight itThe San Francisco Chronicle Advocates of the state's new financial privacy law, which was enacted…
Sep 4, 2003The rate increase will be 9.9%. The insurer had requested 15.6%.The Los Angeles Times The consumer group that caused the hearings by…
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