Majority of Employers Surveyed Support Universal Health Care, Discontented; Blame HMOs & Insurance Companies Most for Problems in Current System
More Than Two Thirds Report Bureaucracy of Health Care System Worsening
Dec 17, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Energy
Nightly Business Report
(Partial Transcript)Community Television Foundation of South Florida Well, what a difference a year makes. In California a year ago, electricity prices were…
Dec 14, 2001
Healthcare
Judge upholds HMO chief
Kaiser's request for finding him in contempt is deniedThe San Francisco Chronicle A federal judge ruled yesterday that the state HMO czar…
Dec 11, 2001
Healthcare
Judge backs state in $1.1 million fine of Kaiser Permanente
Court rules it was OK to cite case of Medicare patientSan Diego Union Tribune A federal judge ruled yesterday that the state…
Dec 11, 2001
Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente
City News Service A federal judge today ruled that the California Department of Managed Health Care is acting within the law and…
Dec 10, 2001
Healthcare
HMO Role: the Intimidator
(Editorial)Los Angeles Times On the morning of Jan. 26, 1996, Margaret Utterback awoke with a gnawing, sharp pain in her side and…
Dec 10, 2001
Healthcare
Calif judge rejects HMO contempt motion
United Press International A federal judge in Los Angeles refused Monday to charge the head of California's Department of Managed Care with…
Dec 10, 2001
Healthcare
Battle over HMO penalty challenges state’s authority
Critics say Kaiser is trying to intimidate the state's top healthcare official. The company questions the use of a Medicare case to…
Dec 10, 2001Kaiser Fails In Bid To Harass HMO Czar & Derail $1.1 Million Fine Against It
Federal court Judge Ronald Lew ruled today that California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) Director Daniel Zingale was not in contempt…
Dec 10, 2001
Insurance
WellPoint Makes a Strong Recovery
Six years ago its prognosis was poor. Today its expansion is being cheered by investors and challenged by consumer advocates.Los Angeles Times…
Dec 9, 2001
Healthcare
Kaiser HMO, New State Regulator Square Off
Firm is trying to overturn the young agency's $1.1-million fine for alleged fatal lapses in care.Los Angeles Times Kaiser Permanente, the state's…
Dec 7, 2001Kaiser Contests State Authority To Regulate It
Claims Not To Dispute Facts In Patients' Death, Just Any Obligation Under State Law n yesterday's administrative hearing in Oakland regarding a…
Dec 5, 2001
Energy
Analysis: New calls for ‘re-regulation’
United Press International Enron's dramatic plunge into bankruptcy this week has stirred up visceral emotions over more than just the images of…
Dec 4, 2001
Energy
DEREGULATION: The collapse of Enron
Collapse will not halt pressure for changeFinancial Times (London) Enron's collapse is unlikely to reverse the steady march towards a deregulated US…
Dec 3, 2001Lesson of Enron: Electricity Deregulation is a Disaster
Enron Was Done in By Its Own Greed; California, Nation Should Put a Halt to Energy Deregulation
Dec 3, 2001
Energy
Some feel in dark on power crisis after utility backs holiday lighting
The Fresno Bee One issue on the street this holiday season seems something like belief in the anti-Santa. Do you or did…
Dec 2, 2001
Insurance
Stop Allowing Insurance Rate Hikes, State Urged
Los Angeles Times A consumer group asked state Insurance Commissioner Harry Low to stop approving insurance rate hikes, saying a moratorium is…
Nov 30, 2001