Corporate Crook At It Again: Tenet CEO Indicted, Hospital Likely To Be Next
Corporate Three Strikes Bill, Killed By Democrats In CA Senate This Week, Would Have Prevented Repeat Corporate Crime
Jun 6, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Mixed week for consumer rights
The San Francisco Examiner "Word of mouth is what corporations want most, and what they fear most," says Court, director of the…
Jun 6, 2003
Insurance
Group pickets Bowen for stance on corporate crime bill
DAILY BREEZE (Santa Monica, CA) Members of the group held up posters claiming Bowen's key vote in an Assembly committee was tantamount…
Jun 6, 2003Senators Bowen and Speier Go Soft on Corporate Crime; “Wanted for Corporateering” Posters To Be Placed On Website
Democrats Kill Corporate Three Strikes Bill; Author, Consumer Groups Will Fight Again
Jun 4, 2003
Healthcare
Court case testing HMOs;
STATE AGENCY LOOKS TO REGULATE INSURERS' PRESCRIPTIONS COVERAGESan Jose Mercury News (California) A long-running court case pitting the state's HMO watchdog agency…
Jun 4, 2003
Insurance
Consumer Advocates Blame Two Democrats for Bill’s Failure
Associated Press "Any politician who believes that convicted corporate felons should not have the same responsibility to society as other three-time felons…
Jun 4, 2003
Energy
Bill to re-regulate utilities hits stiff opposition
San Diego Union-Tribune Doug Heller, a senior advocate with FTCR, said the direct access amendment opens the door to a bifurcated market,…
Jun 3, 2003
Insurance
Pushing its proposal; Blue Shield of Calif. touts new wide-ranging plan
Modern Healthcare "Theirs is a bill designed by insurers for insurers, so it's not surprising that they're investing so heavily in promoting…
Jun 2, 2003
Privacy
Everything Has a Price, Including Your Private Information
The Los Angeles Times - Commentary Corporations recognize no inherent harm to the individual from this violation of privacy because, absent the…
Jun 2, 2003
Insurance
CONSUMER, ACTIVIST GROUPS PETITION CALIF. REGULATOR ON ZIP CODE RATING
BestWire Consumer groups and several city attorneys have petitioned California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi to strike down a 7-year-old rule dictating how…
Jun 2, 2003
Insurance
Rules setting car-insurance rates to be revisited;
GARAMENDI TO EXAMINE ZIP CODE ISSUESan Jose Mercury News (California) Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said Thursday that he would investigate claims by…
May 30, 2003
Insurance
New Rate Battle
Car insurers' reliance on ZIP codes comes under fireThe Daily News of Los Angeles Consumer advocates on Thursday called on the state…
May 30, 2003
Insurance
Cuts to Car Insurance Rates in Poor Areas Urged
City attorneys and consumer groups ask the state for relief. Garamendi vows action.The Los Angeles Times Nearly 15 years after the passage…
May 30, 2003
Insurance
Car insurance rates hit;
City attorneys say geography is determining costsThe San Francisco Chronicle People in cities generally pay more for auto insurance than those in…
May 30, 2003Community Groups, Cities Urge California Insurance Commissioner To Bar Auto Insurance Rates Based Mostly On Zip Codes
Petition Seeks Regulation Requiring Rates Based Primarily On How Policyholders Drive, Not Where They Live "Proposition 103 made it very clear that…
May 29, 2003
Insurance
Activists call for Calif. car insurance based on driving record
Sacramento Bee Fifteen years after California voters approved a ballot measure prohibiting auto insurance rates from being based on ZIP codes, a…
May 29, 2003
Insurance
Trade Group Poses Health Plan — Members’ Insurance Could Cost Less-but Skirt States’ Oversight
Wall Street Journal
May 29, 2003
Insurance
Justices Probing Legality of Edison, PUC Deal;
The state high court will decide whether the settlement broke the open meeting laws and if customers should be repaid $3.6 billion.Los…
May 28, 2003