Consumer Watchdog

Hold HMOs Liable

San Francisco Chronicle Opinion EditorialSan Franciso Chronicle The threat of a lawsuit can be a powerful incentive to do the right thing,…

Firms say plan favors L.A. over Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle A key Assembly committee yesterday approved a bill creating low-cost insurance programs that insurance companies said will force Bay…

Lifeline Auto Insurance Clears First Hurdle

CA. State Senators Pass $300 Policy Out of Committee

Consumer Group Sues Aetna Inc.

San Diego Union-Tribune Consumer health care advocates opened a new front against HMOs yesterday by joining in a suit against the nation's…

Aetna Facing Lawsuit

Racketeering Case May Be First Of KindHartford Courant A California consumer group filed a racketeering lawsuit against Aetna Inc. Monday, saying the…

Nation’s Largest Managed Care Company Sued Under Racketeering Law

Consumer Group Challenges Aetna For Systemic Fraud

Reaction is mixed over ruling on HMO lawsuit

Houston Chronicle Consumer advocates are praising and managed care officials are criticizing a federal appeals court's decision allowing a Houston woman to…

Court Allows Suit Against HMO

Associated Press A federal appeals court has ruled that an HMO may be sued over the quality of health care in a…

Clinton Administration Taken To Task For Failing To Break Up HMO Mergers

Patient Rights Group Demands Justice Dept. Halt Aetna-Prudential Deal

Senate Panel OKs Bill on HMO Liability

Measure Would Expand Patients' Ability to Sue - Previous Attempt was Beaten Back by Former Gov. Wilson, Insurers, and EmployersLos Angeles Times…

CA Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Landmark HMO Liability Bill

CA Bill Gives All Patients the Right-to-Sue that Public Officials Now Have

Association of 25,000 Small Businesses Supports HMO Liability in CA

Poll Shows 66% of Small Bix Executives Support Right-to-Sue Your HMO Bill

HMO Group’s “Model Language” for Medical Necessity Hurts Consumers

Legislation To Ensure Only Doctors Who Examine Patients Make Decisions

Group Sues to Halt Kaiser Permanente Ads

New York Times In the latest legal attack on managed health care, a consumer advocacy group asked a California court this week…

Number, Amount of Auto Claims Down in California, Bucking Trend

Journal of Commerce A new study shows that in this decade California's auto insurers decreased the number and dollar amount of claims…

Kaiser Sued Over Ad Campaign

Los Angeles Times A consumer advocacy group sued Kaiser Foundation Health Plan over a television advertising campaign in which the nonprofit health…

Insurance Commissioner’s Report on Underserved Communities Called “Best Argument for Lifeline Auto Insurance Bill”

Kaiser Sued For Fraud Over Mass-Market Advertising; Consumer Group Seeks To Take T.V. Advertisements Off Air

Doctors Not In Charge Of Care, As Ads Contend