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Associated 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…
Jan 17, 2003Plan is viewed as a way to limit health costs. It would cap non-economic damages at $250,000, but stiff opposition is expected…
Jan 17, 2003FTCR compares the impact of the 1988 insurance reform (Proposition 103) on malpractice premiums, on the one hand, and the effect of…
Jan 16, 2003State Insurance Regulation Lowered Doctors' Premiums, Data Show Insurance reforms passed by California voters in 1988 dramatically lowered doctors' medical malpractice premiums…
Jan 16, 2003United Press International Groups representing trial lawyers and consumers were outraged, saying Bush's action would severely limit the rights of injured patients.…
Jan 16, 2003CBS TV Evening News Consumer groups are also blasting the Bush plan, saying the insurance industry is to blame for raising premiums…
Jan 16, 2003President will renew the argument that limits on lawsuit payouts will curb medical costs.The Los Angeles Times Consumer advocates argue that at…
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