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Jillian Fitzpatrick of Ohio Denied Care for the Same Disease As Tommy and Hunter Bennett prepare to receive a potential life-prolonging treatment…
Sep 17, 2002Institute for Public Affairs - In These Times With several key players in the energy industry facing a financial meltdown, federal energy…
Sep 16, 2002Utilities Industry Litigation Reporter A federal judge has denied summary judgment in a suit filed by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. alleging…
Sep 15, 2002PG&E Bankruptcy: Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights v. California PUCUtilities Industry Litigation Reporter The California Supreme Court has dismissed a consumer…
Sep 15, 2002Sacramento Bee SB 688 is a bill that would reduce lawsuits and associated taxes, extending to two years the time within which…
Sep 10, 2002Medical ErrorsLos Angeles Business Journal A landmark report by the Institute of Medicine found that up to 98,000 people die each year…
Sep 9, 2002FTCR Calls on State Legislature to Enact New Laws Requiring 'Prior Approval' for Health Insurance Premiums SAN FRANCISCO. A new report released…
Sep 6, 2002Oil Daily Californian motorists are overpaying by billions of dollars annually in fuel prices at the pump because West Coast refiners manipulate…
Sep 6, 2002An update from FTCR FTCR Bills For Corporate Whistleblowers & Low Cost Auto Insurance Go To Governor -- Kaiser Agrees to Pay…
Sep 5, 2002Last-minute decision reverses denial of controversial treatment that could save two boysOakland Tribune Just minutes before a health care advocacy group was…
Sep 5, 2002The Sacramento Bee Kaiser Permanente announced a $1 million research grant to Duke University Wednesday in lieu of covering an expensive treatment…
Sep 5, 2002Grant will help treat 2 young brothers denied coverage by HMOThe San Francisco Chronicle The Bennett family stood in front of the…
Sep 5, 2002Phone Campaign Announced - Call Kaiser: "Please Pay the Bennetts' Benefits" - TV and Talk-Radio Hosts: Urge Listeners to Call Kaiser
Sep 4, 2002KRON-TV Website The news conference had been called by consumer advocacy groups to shine a public spotlight on the Bennett family's plight.
Sep 4, 2002Associated Press Despite evidence of price manipulation by energy companies and findings by federal energy regulators of unfairly high power prices, California…
Sep 2, 2002Remarks submitted to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection & Competitiveness by WA Ins. Comm. Dick Marquardt (10/7/87)Washington…
Sep 1, 2002Before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means. (1986)US General Accounting Office
Sep 1, 2002San Jose Mercury News With state lawmakers wrestling with vexing questions about privacy, farmworker rights and epic budget deficits, the Capitol's hallways…
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