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After Winning Their Battle With Kaiser Permanente, The Bennett Children Begin Treatment for Genetic Disorder
Jillian Fitzpatrick of Ohio Denied Care for the Same Disease As Tommy and Hunter Bennett prepare to receive a potential life-prolonging treatment…
Sep 17, 2002Low on Energy; Will the administration bail out puttering power producers?
Institute for Public Affairs - In These Times With several key players in the energy industry facing a financial meltdown, federal energy…
Sep 16, 2002Summary Judgment Denied in PG&E Suit For Relief from Calif. Rate Freeze
Utilities Industry Litigation Reporter A federal judge has denied summary judgment in a suit filed by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. alleging…
Sep 15, 2002Calif. High Court Rejects Claim That PUC Improperly Devised Bankruptcy Filing
PG&E Bankruptcy: Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights v. California PUCUtilities Industry Litigation Reporter The California Supreme Court has dismissed a consumer…
Sep 15, 2002Letter to the Editor
Sacramento Bee SB 688 is a bill that would reduce lawsuits and associated taxes, extending to two years the time within which…
Sep 10, 2002Checking in can make you sick;
Medical ErrorsLos Angeles Business Journal A landmark report by the Institute of Medicine found that up to 98,000 people die each year…
Sep 9, 2002Health Care Costs Increase 27% for Employees
FTCR Calls on State Legislature to Enact New Laws Requiring 'Prior Approval' for Health Insurance Premiums SAN FRANCISCO. A new report released…
Sep 6, 2002Group Says California Consumers Overpay by $2 Billion for Gasoline
Oil Daily Californian motorists are overpaying by billions of dollars annually in fuel prices at the pump because West Coast refiners manipulate…
Sep 6, 2002The Justice Report – Courage Not Compromise
An update from FTCR FTCR Bills For Corporate Whistleblowers & Low Cost Auto Insurance Go To Governor -- Kaiser Agrees to Pay…
Sep 5, 2002Kaiser to fund research for rare disease
Last-minute decision reverses denial of controversial treatment that could save two boysOakland Tribune Just minutes before a health care advocacy group was…
Sep 5, 2002Kaiser gives grant for rare syndrome research
The Sacramento Bee Kaiser Permanente announced a $1 million research grant to Duke University Wednesday in lieu of covering an expensive treatment…
Sep 5, 2002Kaiser compromise on rare illness
Grant will help treat 2 young brothers denied coverage by HMOThe San Francisco Chronicle The Bennett family stood in front of the…
Sep 5, 2002Kaiser Denies 2 Siblings Access To Life-Prolonging Care
Phone Campaign Announced - Call Kaiser: "Please Pay the Bennetts' Benefits" - TV and Talk-Radio Hosts: Urge Listeners to Call Kaiser
Sep 4, 2002Family’s HMO Fight Ends Happily
KRON-TV Website The news conference had been called by consumer advocacy groups to shine a public spotlight on the Bennett family's plight.
Sep 4, 2002Governor, federal regulators fight over who’s in charge of energy
Associated Press Despite evidence of price manipulation by energy companies and findings by federal energy regulators of unfairly high power prices, California…
Sep 2, 2002Special interests scramble for last-minute deals
San Jose Mercury News With state lawmakers wrestling with vexing questions about privacy, farmworker rights and epic budget deficits, the Capitol's hallways…
Sep 1, 2002Special Interests Scramble for Deals as California Ends Legislative Session
San Jose Mercury News With state lawmakers wrestling with vexing questions about privacy, farmworker rights and epic budget deficits, the Capitol's hallways…
Sep 1, 2002