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Associated Press California power regulators have reached a deal with creditors of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. that could force millions of…
Aug 22, 2002FTCR - 1994 After the fusillade of restrictions on the rights of victims took effect, of course, the "insurance crisis" of the…
Aug 20, 2002The recent Capitol Hill burials for a Medicare prescription drug benefit and HMO reform signal that California must take matters into its…
Aug 20, 2002The recent Capitol Hill burials for a Medicare prescription drug benefit and HMO reform signal that California must take matters into its…
Aug 20, 2002The Palm Beach Post Now, with premiums soaring 50 percent over the past three years, doctors are crying crisis again. And again,…
Aug 18, 2002Legislation: A bill to make employees report illegal corporate fiscal practices wins panel's approval. Business and oil interests oppose it.The Los Angeles…
Aug 17, 2002SB 783 Would Punish Execs Who Cover-Up Fraud, Protect Whistleblowers
Aug 16, 2002This section explains how consumer reform of the insurance industry differs from the insurance industry's version of reform. Reform of the insurance…
Aug 15, 2002The Ventura County Reporter The WorldComs and Enrons of the universe are already suffocating under their own dirty laundry. And in the…
Aug 15, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle The state Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a consumer organization's challenge to state regulators' plans to bring Pacific…
Aug 15, 2002Sacramento Bee Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lost another round in its attempts to impose a multibillion-dollar retroactive rate increase when the…
Aug 15, 2002Minnesota Public Radio - Marketplace AM Report Federal energy regulators are out with a report on what looks a lot like manipulation…
Aug 14, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle California's cap on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is being recommended by President Bush as a model for…
Aug 14, 2002Legislation Would Protect Consumers When HMOs Deny Care Against the backdrop of a failed federal effort to approve a prescription drug benefit…
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