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The 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, 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, 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, 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, 2004Group Calls Indictment A Hollow Victory If Bush Administration Fails to Go After Billions Stolen During Cal. Energy Crisis
Jul 8, 2004Los Angeles Daily News FTCR, a Santa Monica-based consumer advocacy group, continues to dredge up information about Blue Cross' premium tax exemption.
Jul 8, 2004Contra Costa Times (California) "Even though Enron didn't make off with the biggest bag of money, you have to look at Enron…
Jul 8, 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, 2004By Lisa Girion, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-08-fi-anthem8-story.html Consumer advocates criticized the proposed sale of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. on Wednesday, saying its…
Jul 8, 2004Geographic Limits on Physical Therapists Reduce Competition and Force Patients to Pay More
Jul 8, 2004Ventura County Star "Simply requiring Anthem to pay $400 million is hush money to get the state to go away," Jerry Flanagan…
Jul 7, 2004Kerry's choice likely to play better with consumersThe San Francisco Chronicle "This will clearly bring front and center the populist revolt against…
Jul 7, 2004California insurance commissioner lays out conditions for his OK of WellPoint takeover.Indianapolis Star Garamendi's news conference "feels to me like he's getting…
Jul 7, 2004Critics say state-funded jobs could soon be shipped overseas.CNN-TV - LOU DOBBS TONIGHT The state of California, 35 million people, should not…
Jul 5, 2004