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Sacramento Bee Kaiser Permanente will pay a $1 million fine - the largest in California history against a full-service health plan -…
Nov 16, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle Ending an acrimonious battle with state regulators, Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay a record $1 million fine Friday…
Nov 16, 2002The state's biggest HMO gives in to regulators who said thefirm failed to deliver timely care to a woman who died of…
Nov 16, 2002The North County Times Community officials gathered at a town hall meeting Friday concluded that getting people, particularly working people and children,…
Nov 16, 2002Copley News Service New details emerged Friday about allegations that two major energy companies colluded to inflate electricity prices as California's power…
Nov 15, 2002Consumer Group Says Cal. AG Lockyer Should Prosecute, Long Term Contract With Williams Should Be Scrapped Energy trader Williams Cos. conspired with…
Nov 15, 2002Energy Industry Must Be Regulated And Held Accountable Under Future Legislation, Say Consumer Advocates
Nov 14, 2002San Jose Mercury News The recent reworking of some of California's long-term energy contracts has shaved nearly $5 billion from the more…
Nov 13, 2002Employees' Paychecks Stuffed With Election Material, Corporate $ Tip Key Races Santa Monica, CA -- The nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Nov 12, 2002PUC decisions by Davis appointees are costing the state's taxpayers billions. The Public Utilities Commission stole $7.5 billion from California consumers last…
Nov 12, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle Just hours before thousands of Northern Californians lost power the other day -- albeit from storm damage, not…
Nov 10, 2002American Health Line The California Department of Managed Health Care imposed the $1 million fine, the largest the department has issued against…
Nov 9, 2002Associated Press California power regulators voted to enable themselves to use some of the money generated from record rate hikes last year…
Nov 8, 2002This is in response to your October 15 letter on behalf of "seventeen million low income consumers" in which you state that…
Nov 7, 2002With Control of Congress, Republicans Plan More Deregulation
Nov 7, 2002FTCR Calls For Long-Overdue Medical Group Regulation
Nov 4, 2002