CA’s Biggest Corporations Spend Big On Nov Initiative To Remove Accountability
Blue Cross has spent $250,000 thus far. Kaiser, Bank of America, Countrywide, Oracle, Edison and Intel each gave $100,000. Auto dealers have…
Jan 13, 2004Consumer Watchdog
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Nextel Loses Round in Suit On Unitemized Bills and Phony Text Messages
Superior Court Allows FCTR to Proceed with Suit against Nextel A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this morning allowed the Foundation for…
Jan 13, 2004
Insurance
Fewer carry temblor insurance as industry changes its policies;
Northridge--10 Years LaterLos Angeles Business Journal "The insurance industry knows it has the public over a barrel, and their response to the…
Jan 12, 2004
Healthcare
Blues boom; Anthem, WellPoint deal proceeds despite challenges
Consumer group challenges mergerModern Healthcare Concerns voiced by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in November 2003 called on the FTC…
Jan 12, 2004
Healthcare
Blues boom; Anthem, WellPoint deal proceeds despite challenges
Consumer group challenges mergerModern Healthcare Concerns voiced by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in November 2003 called on the FTC…
Jan 12, 2004
Healthcare
Taking the Initiative on ’04 Ballots;
With voters increasingly asked to decide policy, issues ranging from gambling to taxation, health care and workers' comp could face public.The Los…
Jan 11, 2004
Insurance
Headed in the right direction; State Farm reorganization well underway
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights criticized the companies for their "investment follies" during the stock market…
Jan 11, 2004
Insurance
Auto rates could rise;
Bid to downplay geography would cause 25 percent increase here.The San Luis Obispo Tribune The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, one…
Jan 9, 2004
Privacy
HMO Gives to Get
Arnold has just logged in the maximum $21,200 from the big HMO Health Net, which is a state contractor for public assistance…
Jan 9, 2004
Insurance
Man drops plan for lawsuit over TV addiction
Associated Press Doug Heller, senior consumer advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, Calif., said he increasingly…
Jan 8, 2004
Healthcare
Letters: Curb medical costs
Contra Costa Times (California) FTCR has called on the Legislature and governor to keep SB2 and make the system affordable for consumers…
Jan 8, 2004
Energy
Arnold Didn’t Say Deregulation, but That’s What He Meant
When Arnold announced that he plans to reform California's energy system during the State of the State last night he steered clear…
Jan 8, 2004
Insurance
Share your health care story
The Californian (Salinas, CA) FTCR has called on the Legislature and governor to keep SB2, and make the system affordable for consumers…
Jan 7, 2004
Privacy
Roaming charges often haunt unaware wireless phone users in Savannah, Ga.
Savannah Morning News "It's like the Wild West," he said. Based in California -- the only state to pass a consumer Telecommunications…
Jan 7, 2004
Insurance
ReplayTV placates irate new customers
The San Francisco Chronicle Consumer advocate Doug Heller of Santa Monica's FTCR, said ReplayTV's actions were "exactly the kind of behavior that…
Jan 7, 2004
Privacy
Governor’s Vow: ‘The State of Our State Will Soon Be Strong’;
Schwarzenegger again assures that the fiscal crisis can be resolved without raising taxes. Citing March ballot, he asks for public's help.The Los…
Jan 7, 2004Web Log to Chart Universal Health Care Debate — Will Schwarzenegger and the Legislature Ever Get to Cost Controls?
FTCR to track legislature's actions on health care reform A new web log was launched today by the Foundation for Taxpayers and…
Jan 7, 2004