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Critical Blood Test Ignored in Emergency Room, Husband and Father Dies
John Enzenauer - El Sobrante, California
May 19, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Allstate to End Use of Consumer Credit Scores in Homeowners’ Insurance
Consumer Group Calls on Lawmakers to Ban Practice Throughout Insurance Industry
May 19, 2003
Insurance
Too many claims may cause insurance cancellation
Associated Press Doug Heller, with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica, California-based advocacy group, said a central insurance…
May 18, 2003
Insurance
Storm insurance claims could threaten coverage
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) "In this moment, consumers must be protected and must be allowed to use their insurance policy without…
May 18, 2003
Healthcare
Nursing A Grudge
Nader Says Health Care Has New Enemy: Big LaborOC Weekly (Orange County, CA) In a statement issued on behalf of the California…
May 16, 2003
Insurance
Insurance limit advances;
MEASURE BANS HOME POLICY BASED ON CREDIT HISTORYSan Jose Mercury News Consumer advocates supported the bill, arguing that insurers should not be…
May 16, 2003
Insurance
Health Care as a Winner
Los Angeles Times The Democratic presidential candidates have figured out that universal health care is now a winning hand. They just have…
May 16, 2003Calif. Senate Passes Ban on Use of Credit History by Insurers
Insurance Companies Would Not Be Allowed to Discriminate Based on Credit Score
May 15, 2003Consumer Group Announces New Website Geared to Developing Consensus on Universal Health Care
www.calhealthconsensus.org Continues State-Wide Dialogue To Increase Health Care Access and Affordability The website is sponsored by the FTCR's California Health Consensus Project…
May 14, 2003
Insurance
TO SOLVE MALPRACTICE-INSURANCE CRISIS, ROLL BACK RATES, NOT RIGHTS
Orlando Sentinel (Florida) Backers, including Gov. Jeb Bush, insist caps will lower insurance premiums. But the experience in California shows that the…
May 14, 2003
Energy
Davis Urges Electricity Rate Cut;
Annual bills could drop $30 for homes, $120 for businesses under governor's plan.Los Angeles Times Harvey Rosenfield, president of the Foundation for…
May 14, 2003
Insurance
Plan to require state approval for increases in trouble
Associated Press "This bill is really designed for the self-employed people, small business employers and retirees who don't have health benefits. They…
May 13, 2003
Insurance
Battling Corporate Greed
Sacramento Bee Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, and the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights no doubt are hoping that…
May 12, 2003
Healthcare
Physicians see conflict, feel betrayed
Lawsuits FiledAsbury Park Press (New Jersey) Attorneys have joined with consumer advocacy groups nationwide to fight liability limits, saying such limits would…
May 11, 2003
Insurance
Corporate Three Strikes Bill in California
CNN - IN THE MONEY You can't put a corporation in prison and that's usually the ultimate punishment for individual crime. We…
May 11, 2003
Healthcare
Legal, Medical Help Scarce As Teacher Fights For Normal Life
Bobbie Jenke - Santa Rosa, California
May 10, 2003
Healthcare
Doctors Fail to Do Simple Blood Test, Man Loses Leg
Gary Rushford - San Jose, California
May 9, 2003
Insurance
Cashing In at the Capitol
Los Angeles Times In fact, now Sacramento insiders say lawmakers seem to base their votes more than ever on political factors and…
May 9, 2003