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Modern Healthcare In what some healthcare experts are calling a landmark legal settlement, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to publish on its Web…
Jan 27, 2003The New York Times Consumer advocates said the moves by Kaiser would push other managed care companies and medical groups to make…
Jan 24, 2003Accused of holding back on care, the HMO will post its treatment guidelines.The Sacramento Bee Kaiser Permanente agreed to make public the…
Jan 24, 2003State's largest HMO will post its medical care guidelines, doctors' pay structure on Web site.The Los Angeles Times As part of the…
Jan 24, 2003American Health Line Kaiser Permanente yesterday announced that it will disclose some of its internal operations as part of a settlement with…
Jan 24, 2003USA TODAY The agreement, announced Thursday, settles a lawsuit brought by several consumer groups that struck at the heart of the public's…
Jan 23, 2003Associated Press Kaiser Permanente and consumer activists announced a legal settlement Thursday that will require the health care giant to disclose the…
Jan 23, 2003Financial Times UK - Global Newswire "Kaiser Permanente has set an important bar for public disclosure that other health plans should meet,"…
Jan 23, 2003Focus should be on corporate behavior, not individual behavior Instead of focusing on individual behavior we should focus on corporate behavior. It…
Jan 22, 2003CNNFN - STREET SWEEP The lure of lower prices has led U.S. consumers to hop on buses headed north of the border,…
Jan 22, 2003The San Diego Union Tribune On Thursday, 12-year-old Olsen and his parents will speak out against the Republican president's plan by telling…
Jan 22, 2003CNN; LOU DOBBS MONEYLINE JAMIE COURT, FOUNDATION FOR TAXPAYER & CONSUMER RIGHTS: It's not frivolous lawsuits that are driving this crisis. It's…
Jan 21, 2003Charleston Gazette A California consumer group says insurance reform, not lawsuit caps, is responsible for a decline in the total amount state…
Jan 19, 2003The San Diego Union-Tribune Let's lower auto insurance premiums by stopping lawsuits against drunk drivers, not by preventing drunk driving. This is…
Jan 17, 2003American Health Line An analysis conducted by the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights found that malpractice premiums in the state…
Jan 17, 2003The Charleston Gazette Doctors would have legislators and others believe that this can all be attributed to malpractice tort changes. They conveniently…
Jan 17, 2003The Sacramento Bee "The main cause of the current malpractice crisis can be found not in the courts but the insurance industry,"…
Jan 17, 2003The New York Times But many experts cite other factors, including poor investment returns and the insurers' own business practices, for making…
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