Silence of Corporate Democrats Kills Choice of Courts For HMO Victims
Call Made For Rule Changes So All Present Must Vote Or Not Be Paid Ignoring the pleas of a Health Net patient…
Jun 19, 2002Consumer Watchdog
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First Patient to Sue HMO Under 2001 Law Tells of Being Locked Out Of Court
Nurses, Advocates Push For Voluntary HMO Arbitration The first HMO patient to try to hold his HMO accountable under a new California…
Jun 18, 2002
Healthcare
Battle brews over HMOs Bill would let clients bypass arbitration in some serious cases.
The Sacramento Bee A bill that would allow patients to forgo mandatory arbitration in certain HMO disputes and turn directly to the…
Jun 18, 2002
Energy
PG&E Decision To Mark Milestone In Deregulation;
Creditors Can Vote To Split Utility, Keep It Under State Control, Or BothSan Jose Mercury News This week, more than 70,000 creditors…
Jun 17, 2002
Energy
Creditors set to vote on PG&E’s new form
They are faced with two proposals for how the company should emerge from bankruptcy protectionThe Sacramento Bee For the past 14 months…
Jun 16, 2002
Healthcare
Editorial – Patients and the law
The San Francisco Chronicle Most enrollees in managed-care health plans are required to submit disagreements to HMO-dominated arbitration procedures rather than seek…
Jun 14, 2002Secret Deal for PG&E Bailout In Works
Group That Sued Agency Demands PUC Halt Private Negotiations With PG&E Creditors
Jun 12, 2002HMO Premiums and Profits Increase As Health Care Claims Decrease
FTCR Calls for An Investigation Into Unfair Health Care Premiums The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) has called for an…
Jun 12, 2002
Healthcare
House Judiciary Committee – Commercial & Administrative Law Subcommittee – HEALTH CARE AND LITIGATION BILL-NO: H.R. 4600
Capitol Hill Hearing Testimony California is a failed model for the national restrictions being proposed on patients. California patients have been denied…
Jun 12, 2002DC’s Failure to Prevent Next Enron Means States Must Take Responsibility
California Proposal Would Punish Executives Who Remain Silent About Financial Fraud
Jun 10, 2002
Energy
The March Through the Crisis
Computerworld September 1996: Gov. Pete Wilson signs a bill to open the state electricity market to competition.
Jun 10, 2002
Privacy
Pasadena Told to Implement Law OK’d by Voters
The campaign reform initiative was approved more than a year ago. Judge still could consider its constitutionality.The Los Angeles Times A Superior…
Jun 4, 2002
Healthcare
Docs’ insurance fight heats up
Modern Healthcare Two volleys were fired last week in the growing battle over malpractice insurance premiums, which is either a looming national…
Jun 3, 2002
Energy
A look at the dueling plans for PG&E’s future offered by the utility and state
Associated Press Pacific Gas and Electric Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2001, driven into debt in part by…
Jun 3, 2002
Healthcare
Health agency rejects ruling
The managed-care chief says no to a judge's slashing of a fine against Kaiser.The Sacramento Bee A legal battle over patient rights…
May 31, 2002
Energy
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER HENRY DUQUE
Platts Retail Energy Lawyers for California Public Utilities Commissioner Henry Duque have asked a state appellate court in San Francisco to overturn…
May 31, 2002
Healthcare
Supporters, opponents of tort reform bill present arguments
The Las Vegas Review-Journal Dueling news conferences Wednesday at Valley Hospital Medical Center marked the first time the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association…
May 30, 2002