Healthcare
Woman Suffers Stroke After Botched Surgery HMO’s Arbitration, Denies Her Justice
Maria Russo- Temecula, CA
May 4, 2000Consumer Watchdog
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Northridge Quake Victims Call for Quackenbush’s Impeachment
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May 4, 2000
Healthcare
HMOs Take Spritual Approach
USA Today Health plans, buffeted in recent years for their no-frills approach to medical care, are pushing ever further into alternative medicine,…
May 4, 2000
Courtroom
After Privacy Flap, a New Name — Other Changes at Prescription-Reminder Firm Less Clear
Two years after Elensys Care Services Inc. ran into an explosion of disapproval over its use of pharmacies' confidential prescription records, the…
May 3, 2000
Healthcare
Man’s Leg in Jeopardy After HMO Delays, Loses Remedy in Arbitration
Joseph Martin Jr.- Carson, CA
May 3, 2000
Healthcare
Kaiser Tightens Rules on Writing Prescriptions
Los Angeles Times Kaiser Permanente said Tuesday that it would abandon a policy of requiring its psychiatrists to prescribe drugs to patients…
May 3, 2000
Insurance
Human vs. Corporate Rights To Genetic Information
San Francisco Chronicle LAST MONTH, a private corporation announced that it was winning the race with the public scientific team, the Human…
May 3, 2000
Healthcare
Accident Victim Denied Treatment by HMO, Arbitration Denies Him Justice
Louis DeGeorge
May 2, 2000
Insurance
Freeze proposed on fund created by Quackenbush
Lawmaker wants Northridge quake victims to benefitAssociated Press A lawmaker wants to freeze $6 million in a fund created by state Insurance…
May 2, 2000
Insurance
Bill seeks to seize Quackenbush fund for quake victims
Sacramento Bee Two state legislators want to seize $6 million from a nonprofit foundation Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush created through insurance settlements…
May 2, 2000
Insurance
FTCR Allstate Earthquake Case
Policyholders To Be Paid in Full, New Foundation Established On September 30, 1997, FTCR filed suit against Allstate Insurance Company.
May 1, 2000Unfair Business Practices Lawsuit Filed Against State Farm
In Wake of Quackenbush Scandal, Consumer Seeks Court Remedy For Northridge Quake Behavior
May 1, 2000
Insurance
Arbitration Increasingly Under Fire
San Francisco Examiner Unhappy with her treatment in a 1997 medical examination and not wanting to sue the doctor and just quietly…
Apr 30, 2000
Healthcare
HMO’s Neglect Leads to Double Amputation, HMO’s Arbitration Means No Justice
Misac Negosian- Sunland, CA
Apr 28, 2000
Insurance
Quackenbush Lets the Insurance Companies Off the Hook
In Exchange for Donations to Non-profits He Controls And Campaign Contributions News releases and other records previously issued by Commissioner Quackenbush indicate…
Apr 27, 2000
Insurance
Insurers Made Campaign Contributions to Quackenbush Which He Used to Pay Off Personal Campaign Debts
A detailed analysis of the campaign finance records of Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush and his wife Chris Quackenbush, who made a failed…
Apr 27, 2000
Healthcare
HMO’s Prescription Causes Burning Allergic Reaction, Justice Lost in Forced Arbitration
Holly Effiom- Victorville, CA
Apr 27, 2000
Insurance
CA. Dept. of Insurance Investigation Reveals Massive Wrongdoing by Insurers in Northridge
The Market Conduct Exams of three companies - State Farm, Allstate and 20th Century - found that these companies had committed massive…
Apr 27, 2000