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Modern Healthcare "Theirs is a bill designed by insurers for insurers, so it's not surprising that they're investing so heavily in promoting…
Jun 2, 2003The Los Angeles Times - Commentary Corporations recognize no inherent harm to the individual from this violation of privacy because, absent the…
Jun 2, 2003BestWire Consumer groups and several city attorneys have petitioned California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi to strike down a 7-year-old rule dictating how…
Jun 2, 2003GARAMENDI TO EXAMINE ZIP CODE ISSUESan Jose Mercury News (California) Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said Thursday that he would investigate claims by…
May 30, 2003Car insurers' reliance on ZIP codes comes under fireThe Daily News of Los Angeles Consumer advocates on Thursday called on the state…
May 30, 2003Proposed FCC Rule Changes Threaten American DemocracySan Diego Union Tribune The free press is supposed to serve the public interest in informing.…
May 30, 2003City attorneys and consumer groups ask the state for relief. Garamendi vows action.The Los Angeles Times Nearly 15 years after the passage…
May 30, 2003City attorneys say geography is determining costsThe San Francisco Chronicle People in cities generally pay more for auto insurance than those in…
May 30, 2003Petition Seeks Regulation Requiring Rates Based Primarily On How Policyholders Drive, Not Where They Live "Proposition 103 made it very clear that…
May 29, 2003Sacramento Bee Fifteen years after California voters approved a ballot measure prohibiting auto insurance rates from being based on ZIP codes, a…
May 29, 2003Wall Street Journal
May 29, 2003The state high court will decide whether the settlement broke the open meeting laws and if customers should be repaid $3.6 billion.Los…
May 28, 2003Rochester Democrat and Chronicle If doctors spent as much time lobbying their insurers and state agencies to hold negligent doctors accountable as…
May 27, 2003Los Angeles Business Journal "Californians were the lab rats for a deregulation experiment that went horribly wrong," said Doug Heller with FTCR.…
May 26, 2003Modern Healthcare ''The Blues' record profits are being fueled by skyrocketing premiums,'' said Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer…
May 26, 2003North County Times (San Diego, CA) "What you've got here is sort of the heart of the big insurance fraud that Americans…
May 25, 2003Los Angeles Times California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has cracked down on the use of credit scoring by one insurance company that…
May 25, 2003Health plan agrees to pay doctors faster, ease authorizationsThe San Diego Union-Tribune Leading health insurer Aetna Inc. yesterday agreed to settle a…
May 23, 2003