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State Senate Approves Landmark Legislation In Response to Enron Debacle

Corporate Executives To Be Held Accountable for Financial Fraud - New Whistleblower Protections Adopted California State Senate approved a new bill designed…

State criticizes HMO preventive health care

Barbara Feder Ostrov & Julie Sevrens LyonsSan Jose Mercury News Some California HMOs are falling short on their mandate to provide good…

Assembly committee kills patients’ rights bill

San Gabriel Valley Tribune Legislation aimed at strengthening patients' rights has been dealt a damning blow after members of a key Assembly…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Insurance Industry Hijacking Terror Insurance Bill to Steal State Oversight of Rates

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…

Secret Deal for PG&E Bailout In Works

Group That Sued Agency Demands PUC Halt Private Negotiations With PG&E Creditors

HMO 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…

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…

DC’s Failure to Prevent Next Enron Means States Must Take Responsibility

California Proposal Would Punish Executives Who Remain Silent About Financial Fraud

The March Through the Crisis

Computerworld September 1996: Gov. Pete Wilson signs a bill to open the state electricity market to competition.

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…

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…

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…