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Insurance Proposal Violates Consumer Protection Law SB 841 will add a surcharge to consumers who cannot afford to maintain continuous auto insurance…
May 1, 2003Daily Forty-Niner (CSU Long Beach, CA) The Enron scandal has taught us that we need to keep a closer watch on how…
May 1, 2003AB1191 Would Help Homeowners Understand Rate Hikes and Non-Renewals; Correct Mistakes in Homeowners Insurance Policies The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights…
Apr 30, 2003A company's third felony conviction would bring a ban on operating in California.Los Angeles Times The strikes would apply to virtually any…
Apr 30, 2003Corporate Three Strikes Bill Passes Senate Committee Legislation banning corporations from doing business in California if they are convicted of three or…
Apr 29, 2003Managed Care Week Calls for universal coverage intensified last week, with proposals outlined by a nonprofit insurer, a presidential candidate and a…
Apr 28, 2003As a policy, lower costs, higher quality and universal access go hand in hand. The more patients who are insured, the lower…
Apr 27, 2003Blue Cross, Kaiser propose statewide planLA Daily News A proposal that insures the 6.6 million Californians who lack medical coverage would increase…
Apr 25, 2003Sacramento Bee Those who pay skyrocketing HMO premiums cannot afford to be as incurious as Weintraub was in his column, in which…
Apr 23, 2003Nation Should Not Adopt California's Failed Malpractice System A California law which caps non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits will override the…
Apr 21, 2003National Underwriter "When you start installing these tracking devices in cars, you end up moving too close to a person's privacy for…
Apr 21, 2003A law intended to close a loophole that let the wealthy avoid taxes is increasingly snaring middle-class earners.The Los Angeles Times "It's…
Apr 15, 2003Ventura County Star (California) Everyone involved agrees the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's brand-new finding of widespread market manipulation in the California energy…
Apr 15, 2003Modern Healthcare Some of the largest leaps to date have been made on the state level. California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and Wisconsin…
Apr 14, 2003Hartford Courant (Connecticut) "People in Connecticut keep saying an award cap implemented in California resulted in lower rates, but that's not the…
Apr 13, 2003Insurer Must Stop Misleading Advertising In Krumme v. Mercury Insurance, SF Sup. Court Judge Robert Dondero ruled that Mercury Insurance agents were…
Apr 11, 2003The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) Jamie Court, executive director of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said the…
Apr 11, 2003BestWire Citing what they called "excessive and unfair health-care premiums" and high rates of uninsureds, consumer advocates are sponsoring a bill in…
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