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John Enzenauer - El Sobrante, California Just before Christmas two years ago, John Enzenauer, 39, came home from his blue-collar job feeling…
Feb 3, 2004Cynthia Smith - Concord, California Cynthia Smith always had been active, despite having multiple sclerosis most of her life. She grew up…
Feb 3, 2004
Janet Mitchell - Orange, CA One day in the early 1990s, Janet Mitchell's doctor took her aside and told her that the…
Feb 3, 2004
Harry Jordan - Long Beach, California
Feb 3, 2004Arnold Schwarzenegger's declaration of this week as "California Consumer Protection Week" is like George W. Bush declaring February "Give Peace A Chance"…
Feb 3, 2004In a letter sent today to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) called upon Schwarzenegger to make…
Feb 2, 2004Big chains that have gobbled up smaller hospitals are now finding them less attractive.The Orange County Register (California) "In the whole state…
Feb 1, 2004The Los Angeles Times Jamie Court, a consumer advocate who runs the website http://www.arnoldwatch.org , said: "It's almost as though this governor…
Feb 1, 2004Alameda Times-Star The inescapable conclusion: The health care delivery system in California is putrid and decayed. It is sucking the life out…
Jan 31, 2004A report released this week by the Consumer Federation of America found that car dealers routinely mark-up car prices through a common…
Jan 31, 2004Consumer groups worry that an order by the governor to cut red tape has weakened rules protecting 20 million Californians.The Los Angeles…
Jan 30, 2004The San Diego Union-Tribune Consumer advocates are concerned that an executive order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed in November could compromise several consumer…
Jan 30, 2004HMO reform was the big populist movement of the late 1990s and, in California, one of its main results was a new…
Jan 30, 2004Journal Record Legislative Report (Oklahoma) "Insurance premiums and profits are what need to be capped, not payments to people who are truly…
Jan 29, 2004The Independent (London) Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consumer advocate group, said of Mr Schwarzenegger: "He…
Jan 28, 2004Must quit taking campaign contributions to repay the large loan to his campaign.Contra Costa Times (California) Nevertheless, the explanation drew fire from…
Jan 28, 2004The San Diego Union-Tribune State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said yesterday that auto insurance pricing guidelines used in California are discriminatory and…
Jan 28, 2004