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By Evan Pondel, DAILY NEWS Anthem joins with WellPoint Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. said Tuesday that they had completed…
Nov 30, 2004Insurers are reducing coverage for homeowners and canceling their policies after claims.Los Angeles Times Underinsured homes. Ever-rising premiums. Stealth changes. Intrusive satellite…
Nov 28, 2004Government regulations held back in elections through grass roots, moneyThe San Francisco Chronicle California businesses staved off government regulation through ballot initiatives…
Nov 26, 2004Cleveland Plain Dealer Last month, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights released a document from the nation's largest medical malpractice insurer,…
Nov 26, 2004By Thuy-Doan Le, SACRAMENTO BEE The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights has filed a lawsuit to force the state to collect…
Nov 24, 2004Watchdog says unit shortchanged taxpayers in California, skirted tax for for-profit PPOs.The Indianapolis Star The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights charged…
Nov 24, 2004By Lisa Girion, LOS ANGELES TIMES A consumer advocacy group that alleges WellPoint Health Networks Inc. owes California up to $500 million…
Nov 23, 2004The Recorder A coalition of advocacy groups was honored for its unsuccessful work to defeat Prop 64. In his acceptance speech, Douglas…
Nov 22, 2004Associated Press "What Schwarzenegger has done is create a shadow government so he can bypass campaign finance disclosure laws," said Jamie Court,…
Nov 18, 2004Vallejo Times-Herald (California) "I don't believe for a moment that they would idle an LNG plant under any circumstance," says Doug Heller,…
Nov 18, 2004Sacramento Bee "Any of those kinds of real big, powerful special interests," Schwarzenegger had said before his election, "if you take money…
Nov 17, 2004$26.6 million in his first year -- most of it from special interestsThe San Francisco Chronicle "He's taken more money from special…
Nov 17, 2004In the weeks leading up to the November election Governor Schwarzenegger took cues from the savviest of woodland creatures: he stocked up…
Nov 16, 2004Sacramento Bee The fund-raising engine Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used so successfully in his first year to promote issues and consolidate power is…
Nov 15, 2004NEXT BUDGET COULD BE BIGGER TEST FOR POLITICAL NEWCOMERThe Daily News of Los Angeles "When he starts to strip away regulations to…
Nov 14, 2004Anthem seeks OK for mergerThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a California-based consumer group that opposes the deal…
Nov 12, 2004The Daily News of Los Angeles While legislators say such trips are valuable in learning about programs and policies in other countries,…
Nov 12, 2004Companies agree to spend more on underserved communitiesThe San Francisco Chronicle Health care advocates said that they are glad Anthem and WellPoint…
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