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Managed care interests opposing a pro-consumer Patient's Bill of Rights have contributed $128,149 towards Senator Conrad Burns' re-election campaign, according to a…
Oct 19, 2000United Press International A consumer group sympathetic to environmental interests said Wednesday the gasoline price hikes of the summer of 2000 could…
Oct 18, 2000Green Gas Reformulation, OPEC Had Little Role, Contrary To Refiner Claims The non-profit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights released today a…
Oct 18, 2000Move at CPUC: Cover for Report to Investors
Oct 17, 2000Santa Monica Mirror Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Valerie Baker has ruled that The City of Santa Monica must print a rebuttal…
Oct 10, 2000Brother of Deceased Cancer Patient and Father of Ailing Baby Bellevue, Washington -Family members of patients wrongfully denied treatment by their HMOs…
Oct 9, 2000San Francisco Chronicle A government watchdog group launched a legal maneuver yesterday to oust one of the state's five utility commissioners because…
Oct 5, 2000In an official filing today with the California Attorney General's office, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) began the legal…
Oct 5, 2000In an official filing today with the California Attorney General's office, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) began the legal…
Oct 4, 2000Consumer Advocates Applaud Commissioner Low's Removal of Legislative Deputy With Close Ties to Insurance Industry
Oct 4, 2000Kansas City Star WASHINGTON - Sen. John Ashcroft is having second thoughts about his opposition to a high-profile bill that would give…
Sep 30, 2000Sacramento Bee California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has launched a statewide probe into whether the parent company of Mercy Healthcare Sacramento violated…
Sep 29, 2000American Healthline In an attempt to reduce the number of uninsured residents, Blue Cross of California proposed yesterday to reduce premiums and…
Sep 29, 2000San Francisco Chronicle Saying it wants to offer cheaper health care to the uninsured, Blue Cross of California proposed premium reductions yesterday…
Sep 28, 2000Stockton Record A second major utility has announced its intention to bill customers for costs associated with this summer's skyrocketing power prices,…
Sep 27, 2000San Diego Union Tribune The crisis caused by electrical deregulation -- which has blown budgets across San Diego -- is now leading…
Sep 27, 2000Electricity: Activists push legislators to promise that customers won't be forced to cover rising wholesale costsLos Angeles Times Consumer activists on Tuesday…
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