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Sacramento Bee According to economic interest statements filed this week with the Fair Political Practices Commission, the Legislature's 120 members reported accepting…
Mar 6, 2003San Jose Mercury News At the hearing, consumer advocate Doug Heller said Peevey had broken the public's trust by taking the improper…
Mar 6, 2003A report by the CMA contradicts doctor and insurer claims today that the state's malpractice cap has stopped physicians from fleeing the…
Mar 5, 2003PUC President Accepted Illegal Gifts From Regulated Entity Michael Peevey, the recently appointed President of the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), disclosed…
Mar 5, 2003San Francisco Chronicle Michael Peevey, the state's top utility regulator, said he mistakenly violated state rules by accepting $2,134 in free parking…
Mar 5, 2003The New York Times The greatest drops in premiums and, so far, the most consistent, did not come until after California adopted…
Mar 5, 2003USA Today Premiums are rising rapidly, but no more than other health care costs. They represent only a small slice of doctors'…
Mar 5, 2003Consumer Advocates Recommend Insurance Regulation, Not Damage Caps, To End Malpractice "Crisis" Consumer and patient advocates called on President Bush to scrutinize…
Mar 4, 2003Insurers Rep Testifies HMO Liability Limited Under House Malpractice Caps
Mar 4, 2003CNNFN-TV MARKET CALL Healthcare reform is a hot-button issue today inside the Beltway. President Bush and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are confronting…
Mar 4, 2003Insurance Chronicle Harvey Rosenfield told the panel that a cap on liability awards, which has existed in California since 1975, would do…
Mar 3, 2003Knoxville News-Sentinel Bill Frist, the only physician in the U.S. Senate, is hoping that his years of work to reform medical malpractice…
Mar 2, 2003Florida Today While caps would lower insurance campanies' payouts, nothing would be done to restrict their ability to boost insurance premiums.
Mar 2, 2003Janet Warren - Los Angeles, California
Mar 1, 2003The Corporate Drive for Legal ImmunityMultinational Monitor Applying a one-size-fits-all limit to non-economic damages objectifies and erases the person, considering them as…
Mar 1, 2003Managed Healthcare Executive Kaiser Permanente will let members and physicians have access to medical records and also provide members with key information…
Mar 1, 2003Managed Healthcare Executive Kaiser Permanente will let members and physicians have access to medical records and also provide members with key information…
Mar 1, 200313 Years of Insurance Regulation: CA Premiums DECREASE 2% Medical malpractice premiums rose 450% in the thirteen years following passage of California's…
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