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Did the Bush administration do the disgraced company's bidding during the state's electricity crisis?Salon.com Remember the California energy crisis? As the implications…
Jan 16, 2002Will a court challenge from Kaiser strip the agency of its power to regulate HMOs after only nineteen months on the job?East…
Jan 16, 2002San Diego Union Tribune In a move aimed at improved health, six of the largest managed-care plans in California will award bonuses…
Jan 16, 2002Six health plans are set to assess medical groups for their service quality and to reward good ones.Sacramento Bee Six California health…
Jan 16, 2002Small Quality Bonus Does Not Negate 100% Pay To Drs For Doing Less For Patients The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights…
Jan 15, 2002NICO - 10/20/87
Jan 15, 2002Sacramento Bee California voters were assured in 1988 that if they made the state insurance commissioner's office an elective one, rather than…
Jan 15, 2002Insurance: An advocacy group claims Geico, the Auto Club and Safeco overcharge those without prior coverage.Los Angeles Times A consumer advocate group…
Jan 15, 2002Sacramento Bee A Sacramento judge this week is preparing to throw out a lawsuit alleging the state Lottery engaged in what amounted…
Jan 15, 2002California association plans to reward physicians for good patient careModern Healthcare A collaboration of California health plans, medical groups and employers is…
Jan 15, 2002Should Reduce Premiums, Number of Uninsured Motorists on the Road
Jan 15, 2002Should Reduce Premiums, Number of Uninsured Motorists on the Road
Jan 14, 2002Campaign Funding Updates Will Track Insurance Industry's Attempt to Corrupt the Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Jan 14, 2002Los Angeles Business Journal There's no doubt that businesses are fed up with rapidly escalating health care premiums, but so much so…
Jan 14, 2002Newest approach would reward better care--but give consumers more responsibility.Los Angeles Times Six California health plans are expected to announce Tuesday what…
Jan 14, 2002Suit says firm's actions led utility to bankruptcyThe San Diego Union-Tribune State Attorney General Bill Lockyer yesterday charged that Pacific Gas and…
Jan 11, 2002Bankruptcy Court, PUC Should Require PG&E Parent Company -- Not Customers - To Pay Off Corporate Debt
Jan 10, 2002BestWire While the three biggest homeowner insurers in California raise rates, a consumer group is asking the California Department of Insurance to…
Jan 10, 2002