Insurance
Power Crisis Dominates Legislature
Associated Press Jim Jay and his wife drove 90 minutes to the state Capitol where she joined about 150 other nursing home…
Feb 15, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Healthcare
Healing spirits
Patients who can't remedy red tape have laws and advocate groups at their side.The Orange County Register Jack Redmond needed an injection…
Feb 15, 2001
Energy
Davis to announce buying of transmission lines
Sacramento Bee Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Gray Davis Friday will propose a plan to rescue two debt-ridden utilities by buying their transmission…
Feb 15, 2001
Energy
CREDITORS CHAFE AT STATE’S PACE ON POWER CRISIS
Los Angeles Times The California energy crisis is hurtling along two tracks--one the slow lane of legislative politics, the other the hyper-speed…
Feb 15, 2001
Energy
Berkeley Takes On Energy Crisis
The San Francisco Chronicle Let no one accuse Berkeley of shirking the search for solutions to the energy crisis.
Feb 15, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #8 – Feb 14, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #8 - Feb 14, 2001 $2 billion in…
Feb 15, 2001
Energy
State’s tally nears $2 billion for short-term power buys
The Associated Press The state Wednesday prepared to spend $500 million more on emergency power purchases, raising the tally to nearly $2…
Feb 14, 2001
Energy
PUC members’ trips raise eyebrows
Energy firms help fund utility commissioners' travel, and their representatives go along.The Orange County Register Members of the state agency that oversees…
Feb 14, 2001
Healthcare
Consumer group wants records of patient-health plan arbitration
The Associated Press A consumer group has filed a petition to get access to records from arbitration hearings between health plans and…
Feb 14, 2001
Privacy
Access to HMO arbitration records asked
Sacramento Bee For the California Department of Managed Health Care, the honeymoon is over.
Feb 14, 2001State Could Own All Power Plants for the $2 Billion Paid to Profiteers Since Mid-January
-- Deregulation Colossal Economic Idiocy -- For the $2,000,000,000 of taxpayer money spent since mid-January to buy electricity, California ratepayers could have…
Feb 14, 2001
Insurance
Bailout Watch #7 – Feb 13, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #7 - Feb 13, 2001 Bluff Called. Monday,…
Feb 14, 2001
Energy
Utility Consumers Groups Enjoy New Power amidst California’s Power Crisis
North County Times Groups that represent utility consumers, after spending years in the obscurity of regulatory hearings, are suddenly enjoying access and…
Feb 13, 2001
Energy
Judge denies Edison bid for fast rate rise State says move allows more time to solve debt crisis
Sacramento Bee A federal judge Monday denied Southern California Edison's request to quickly raise its rates by about 9 percent to cover…
Feb 13, 2001
Insurance
Growing valley guzzling power at high speeds
San Jose Mercury News As California struggles with its chronic power shortage, Silicon Valley's unquenchable thirst for electrons is boosting maximum power…
Feb 13, 2001Consumer Groups Petition Department of Managed Health Care
To Make All Forced HMO Arbitration Records Public The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and the Health Administration Responsibility Project…
Feb 13, 2001BALLOT BLOCK: Lawmakers Seek to Block Voter Initiative Against Bailout
Group Warns Legislature on Plan Lawmakers planning a $10 billion bailout of Edison and PG&E are drafting legislation to prevent California voters…
Feb 13, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #6 – Feb 12, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #6 - Feb 12, 2001 Fooling voters by…
Feb 13, 2001