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Legislation that may override California's tougher privacy law heads to conference committee, then Bush.Orange County Register (California) "Consumers know what's best, and…
Nov 6, 2003Megawatt Daily California Treasurer Phil Angelides and a group of consumer advocates, arguing that the private sector has failed to invest in…
Nov 6, 2003FTCR sent letter to Bush today showing that Administration's support of bill violates Bush's explicit campaign promises
Nov 5, 2003Contra Costa Times (California) Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which advocates a return to utility regulation, leavened…
Nov 5, 2003Shelby leads bipartisan opposition to amendment, despite revelation that his Social Security number had been purchased over InternetMobile Register (Alabama) "What this…
Nov 5, 2003HMO says double-digit rate hikes to continueAlameda Times-Star (Alameda, CA) "Kaiser's latest profit reports come at a time when skyrocketing premium rates…
Nov 4, 2003Supreme Court takes on suits over denial of coverageThe San Francisco Chronicle Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Nov 4, 2003The Houston Chronicle In Washington, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights asked President Bush to speak on behalf of patients by…
Nov 4, 2003Group Acknowledges Purchase of Senators' Social Security Numbers The reckless exchange of social security numbers and other private information among America's corporations…
Nov 3, 2003"Bush took office bragging he had enacted the toughest HMO accountability law in the nation as Governor of Texas, now he has…
Nov 3, 2003FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FLOODS IN WASHINGTON STATE ARE LIKELY TO FUEL THE TREND THAT'S SURPRISING HOMEOWNERSThe Oregonian "Insurance companies are…
Nov 3, 2003Providers wonder how they and their patients will have to change to cope with the biggest managed-care merger to date.Modern Healthcare "When…
Nov 3, 2003The Nation George W. Bush will have to choose between the commercial freedoms of corporations and the privacy rights of Americans. There…
Nov 3, 2003Providence Journal-Bulletin (Rhode Island) Jamie Court, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says that the average American can…
Nov 2, 2003Fresno Bee (California) Doug Heller, senior consumer advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, based in Santa Monica, said California…
Nov 2, 2003The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Aiming to make companies of all kinds more accountable for the bills they send, the…
Nov 2, 2003Figure is highest since Texaco merger; 'profiteering at its worst,' group decriesVentura County Star (California) "This is profiteering at its worst. It…
Nov 1, 2003WellPoint's boss could get $194 million; Anthem's will get much less but do well.The Indianapolis Star Jamie Court said his group FTCR,…
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