Consumer Group Says Bush Should Weigh In With Supreme Court On Fate Of State HMO Liability Laws
"Bush took office bragging he had enacted the toughest HMO accountability law in the nation as Governor of Texas, now he has…
Nov 3, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
RISING INSURANCE COSTS HIT HOME;
FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FLOODS IN WASHINGTON STATE ARE LIKELY TO FUEL THE TREND THAT'S SURPRISING HOMEOWNERSThe Oregonian "Insurance companies are…
Nov 3, 2003
Healthcare
Meet the new WellPoint;
Providers 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, 2003
Privacy
Identity Thieves
The Nation George W. Bush will have to choose between the commercial freedoms of corporations and the privacy rights of Americans. There…
Nov 3, 2003
Privacy
SSN’s for sale
Providence Journal-Bulletin (Rhode Island) Jamie Court, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says that the average American can…
Nov 2, 2003
Insurance
Fire losses may not raise Valley insurance premiums
Fresno Bee (California) Doug Heller, senior consumer advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, based in Santa Monica, said California…
Nov 2, 2003
Insurance
Bills bring pain
The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Aiming to make companies of all kinds more accountable for the bills they send, the…
Nov 2, 2003
Energy
Chevron posts $1.98 billion profit
Figure is highest since Texaco merger; 'profiteering at its worst,' group decriesVentura County Star (California) "This is profiteering at its worst. It…
Nov 1, 2003
Privacy
Merger will mean big bucks for execs;
WellPoint's boss could get $194 million; Anthem's will get much less but do well.The Indianapolis Star Jamie Court said his group FTCR,…
Oct 31, 2003
Insurance
Fire victims in California may not get from their insurance companies what they expect
CBS Evening News (6:30 PM ET) Mr. DOUG HELLER (FTCR): The insurance industry is in the position of power, so when you…
Oct 31, 2003
Privacy
WELLPOINT’S CEO MAY REAP RICHES;
POTENTIAL WINDFALL RAISES QUESTIONSThe Daily News of Los Angeles "When a chief executive officer is handed that much money, patients get short…
Oct 30, 2003
Privacy
Merger would bring multimillion dollar windfall to WellPoint CEO
Associated Press Schaeffer's compensation is drawing criticism from the Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based nonprofit consumer advocacy…
Oct 30, 2003
Insurance
Fires deliver huge hit to insurers;
Industry says it's too early to tell whether rate increases will be needed to cushion blowAlameda Times-Star (Alameda, CA) Doug Heller, consumer…
Oct 30, 2003
Insurance
Fires ignite insurance fears
Huge home losses in Southern California could push rates higher, but the state will review requests.Sacramento Bee "The insurance industry will look…
Oct 29, 2003
Insurance
Fire could bring rise in insurance premiums;
HIGHER HOMEOWNER RATES POSSIBLE STATEWIDE, SOME SAYSan Jose Mercury News (California) "There is no doubt the insurance companies are right now considering…
Oct 29, 2003
Privacy
Financial toll the fires are taking on California
CBS-TV Evening News (6:30 PM ET) Insurance experts predict these fires won't cost the state as much as the 1994 Northridge earthquake…
Oct 29, 2003
Privacy
U.S. shouldn’t restrict states’ stricter rules on consumer protection
Austin American-Statesman (Texas) States should be allowed to enact tougher laws than the Fair Credit Reporting Act, or the federal law itself…
Oct 28, 2003
Insurance
Insurers, industry watchdogs prepare for SoCal fire’s aftermath
Associated Press Those trends don't bode well for the Southern California victims, said Harvey Rosenfield, who heads the Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Oct 28, 2003