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State Insurance Commissioner Rules 2nd Largest Med Mal Insurer's Increase Request Excessive, In Violation of Proposition 103 Regulations
Sep 3, 2003State Insurance Commissioner Rules 2nd Largest Med Mal Insurer's Increase Request Excessive, In Violation of Proposition 103 Regulations
Sep 3, 2003The Detroit Free Press The California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said it paid an online site $26 to get the…
Sep 3, 2003BestWire SCPIE Holdings Inc. said it was happy to get a 9.9% increase in its 2003 California medical-malpractice insurance rates, while a…
Sep 3, 2003"Requiring every player in the health care system - hospitals, insurers and medical groups - to abide by appropriate efficiency standards would…
Sep 2, 2003CNN-TV - AMERICAN MORNING (7:00 AM EST) Mr. Court discusses how people intent on identity theft obtain Social Security numbers. He says…
Sep 2, 2003The San Diego Union Tribune "He could either capitulate to blackout blackmail and raise rates and cut long-term contracts, or he could…
Sep 2, 2003Bill would require some employers to provide workers with insuranceThe Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the left-leaning…
Sep 1, 2003SWEEPING CONSUMER BILL FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKINGThe Press Democrat "Banks and insurers should not be able to go to Washington as…
Aug 31, 2003
L.A., other utilities accused of manipulating pricesThe San Francisco Chronicle "There's no doubt that private power companies did by far the most…
Aug 31, 2003Bustamante's political consultant dismissed suggestions that regulating gas prices would lead to shortagesThe Sacramento Bee Consumer advocate Jamie Court of the Foundation…
Aug 30, 2003Copley News Service "The repeal of PUHCA would leave America with a few unrestrained power giants controlling our energy system, which would…
Aug 29, 2003
Associated Press "Unless they can prove without a shadow of a doubt they (LADWP) were not involved in the manipulation and price…
Aug 29, 2003Author Releases "Corporateering Quotient"
Aug 28, 2003Associated Press "Now the fight is in Washington, D.C. because if (President) Bush has his way, Californians' privacy will not be protected…
Aug 28, 2003Consumer groups hail the new law as a landmark victory in protecting Californians. Gov. Davis calls it a model for the nation.The…
Aug 28, 2003Phoenix New Times (Arizona) Earlier this year, the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights completed a comprehensive two-year investigation of the…
Aug 28, 2003The Daily News of Los Angeles "It's good news that California now has the strongest privacy laws in the nation," said Jerry…
Aug 28, 2003