Healthcare
EDITORIAL
PATIENTS DESERVE BILL OF RIGHTSSeattle Post-Intelligencer President Bush would be unwise to veto patients' bill of rights legislation. It's clearly needed and…
Jun 23, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Bailout Watch #55 – Jun 22, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #55 - Jun 22, 2001 Edison Bailout Hearing…
Jun 22, 2001
Insurance
Individual insurance a problem
The San Francisco Chronicle People trying to get individual health insurance routinely get rejected for conditions as minor as hay fever or…
Jun 21, 2001
Energy
Plan Won’t Raise Rates, Davis Says
Governor seeks to assure Senate, where Democrats say action is a bailout of nearly bankrupt utility.Los Angeles Times Gov. Gray Davis sought…
Jun 20, 2001
In The News
Oposición al ‘rescate’ de Edison
La Opinión El acuerdo tentativo para "rescatar" de la bancarrota a la compañía Southern California Edison costará casi dos mil dólares a…
Jun 20, 2001
Energy
Federal Order Fuels a California Dispute
The New York Times Most sides involved in California's energy crisis called the decision by federal regulators to place tighter limits on…
Jun 20, 2001
Energy
Davis Finds Hope in Calif. Power Crunch
The Washington Post Sinking in the polls, under attack by a new Republican advertising campaign and still struggling to avert a summer…
Jun 20, 2001Californians Have Seen Only Good Results From Right To Sue HMOs
Deterrent Effect Is Model For the National Patients' Bill Of Rights ?????(ÃD?nnounced that the bipartisan, federal patients' bill of rights, which President…
Jun 20, 2001
Insurance
Bailout Watch #54 – Jun 19, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #54 - Jun 19, 2001 President Bush talks…
Jun 19, 2001
Energy
Hearings begin into Southern California Edison assistance proposal
The Associated Press More than two months after Gov. Gray Davis agreed to help financially strapped Southern California Edison in exchange for…
Jun 19, 2001
Energy
Governor strikes a deal to erase San Diego Gas & Electric’s debt
The San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Gray Davis announced a deal with San Diego Gas & Electric yesterday that will eliminate the utility's…
Jun 19, 2001
Energy
Davis critics wary of bid to buy grid
Sacramento Bee Gov. Gray Davis unveiled a new agreement Monday to purchase portions of the state's electricity transmission grid, a move he…
Jun 19, 2001
Energy
CALIFORNIANS AND WESTERN POWER CONCERNS GIVE PLUSES AND MINUSES OF THE FERC’S DECISION TO CAP ELECTRICITY PRICES THERE
National Public Radio In California, there was mixed reaction to the FERC's decision to limit energy prices.
Jun 19, 2001
Energy
‘Soft cap’ a win for Davis, cover for GOP
Sacramento Bee It was more than Gov. Gray Davis might have expected from a regulatory agency in a Republican administration that has…
Jun 19, 2001Consumer Leaders Voice Opposition to Davis Bailout Plan
Utility Bailout Will Cost Consumers Billions, Does Nothing for Energy Crisis
Jun 19, 2001
In The News
Got a score to settle? Consider an arbitrator.
Consumers growing weary of the nation's backlogged court system are discovering other outlets to settle their legal disputes.
Jun 18, 2001
Energy
State’s future power hinges on unbuilt plants
Big part of supply to come from facilities that don't exist yetThe San Francisco Chronicle A whopping 420 million megawatt hours of…
Jun 17, 2001
Energy
Electricity rates today may not be grounded
Davis adviser says recent hikes will cover 20-year pacts. But detractors say read the fine print.The Orange County Register The price tag…
Jun 16, 2001