Senate Energy Re-Regulation Bill Becomes Re-Deregulation
Group Calls SB 888 Amendments Proof of Legislative Amnesia California legislation that promised to "end deregulation, not mend it," has been amended…
May 22, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
West Coast answer is seen as model malpractice system
Philadelphia Inquirer Consumer advocates and trial lawyers say MICRA is less effective than insurance changes passed in 1988 under Proposition 103, a…
May 22, 2003
Energy
State to consider energy bill changes;
BIG USERS MAY BE ALLOWED TO SHOP AROUNDSan Jose Mercury News (California) Big power users such as universities and manufacturing plants may…
May 22, 2003
Insurance
Mercury Insurance: “Pay to Win” Politics
After losing legal and regulatory battles, Mercury has responded as it best knows how: by throwing money at politicians.
May 21, 2003
Healthcare
Rx for Lawsuit Pain?;
Docs rally for laws setting limits on malpractice awardsNewsday (New York) But if the $250,000 cap on pain and suffering were the…
May 21, 2003California’s Malpractice Cap Allows Dangerous Doctors to Flourish
UPDATE: Dr. Chambi wrote to Consumer Watchdog to dispute the outcome of two cases cited in this news report in April 2011.…
May 20, 2003
Privacy
Critical Blood Test Ignored in Emergency Room, Husband and Father Dies
John Enzenauer - El Sobrante, California
May 19, 2003Allstate 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