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Pasadena Star-News (Pasadena, CA) "Schwarzenegger has signed a contract with a company that specializes in sending local jobs overseas," said Doug Heller,…
Jul 13, 2004STATE LAW LOWERS JURY VERDICTS FOR VICTIMS BY 30% TO 51%The Daily News of Los Angeles "What the study indicates is that…
Jul 13, 2004Despite Severe Limits on Victims' Rights, California Insurers Continue Push For Higher Doctors' Premiums
Jul 13, 2004The San Diego Union-Tribune Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, is exactly right when he angrily portrays…
Jul 12, 2004American Health Line
Jul 12, 2004Modern Healthcare Officials with the two giant insurers pushed their case for the merger during a hearing conducted by the state's Department…
Jul 12, 2004Los Angeles Times The key question left unanswered by Friday's hearing is why an agency whose only role is to oversee health…
Jul 12, 2004Los Angeles Times The key question left unanswered by Friday's hearing is why an agency whose only role is to oversee health…
Jul 12, 2004
By Marie Suszynski SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BestWire) – Without a director present and no questions from the public, a consumer group has called…
Jul 12, 2004The Los Angeles Times Other critics, led by Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, repeated charges that WellPoint had exploited…
Jul 10, 2004ANTHEM, BLUE CROSS PARENT TO COMBINE?The Daily News of Los Angeles Critics are concerned that the deal will result in excessive compensation…
Jul 10, 2004CNN.com Jamie Court, author of "Corporateering," told me that no state should be legitimizing a taxpayer-paid bounty to a company wishing to…
Jul 9, 2004
Marc Lifsher, LOS ANGELES TIMES SACRAMENTO — The chairwoman of the state Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday said she…
Jul 9, 2004Sacramento Bee Most nose-counters rate it as a tossup now, and it's at least theoretically possible that Republican votes for Perata would…
Jul 9, 2004Regarding Anthem's Acquisiton Of Wellpoint Since December we have been waiting for the phone call from you that your staff promised us…
Jul 9, 2004By signing a worker's comp "reform" law that failed to provide any regulatory controls over the insurance companies that have been jacking…
Jul 9, 2004San Jose Mercury News (California) Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said the reported indictment was bittersweet for…
Jul 8, 2004The Seattle Times A watchdog group, The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, last month sent internal company documents to the FTC…
Jul 8, 2004