Healthcare
Insurers: Plan Would Ease Health Services
USA Today Top executives from many of the nation's health insurers outlined a plan Tuesday that they say is the first unified…
Jul 19, 2000Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Agents balk at promoting state’s low-income car insurance program
Associated Press The state's showcase program to provide low-cost car insurance to poor people is coming under fire from agents who say…
Jul 19, 2000State Receives 3,300 Calls About Lifeline Auto Insurance; Over 100 Low-Income Motorists Sign Up in First Two Weeks
Reports That Agents Have Snubbed Consumers Alarms Advocates
Jul 19, 2000
Healthcare
Are Patients Now Corporate Chattel?
The sale of "covered lives," as patients are called in the industry, without the sale of a company, a bankruptcy, or a…
Jul 18, 2000President Asked to End Practice of Patient Dumping by Medicare HMOs;
Group Calls For Executive Order Implementing "All Or Nothing Policy" The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) wrote President Clinton today…
Jul 18, 2000
Healthcare
United to Shift its Members to Blue Shield
San Diego Union-Tribune The 225,000 members of United Healthcare, a subsidiary of the United Health Group, will be moved to Blue Shield…
Jul 15, 2000
Healthcare
INSURERS SET TO TRADE 225,000 MEMBERS
UNITED HEALTHCARE, BLUE SHIELD IN DEALSacramento Bee The nation's No. 2 health insurance company plans to pass off about 225,000 members to…
Jul 15, 2000United Healthcare Should Not Turn California Patients Over To Blue Shield
State Regulators Must Step In And Stop Bait & Switch Deal
Jul 14, 2000
Insurance
Consumer Group Wants Northridge Settlements Tossed Out
BestDay News Settlements made between former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush and insurers accused of mishandling Northridge earthquake claims should be thrown…
Jul 11, 2000
Energy
S.D. urged to make best of a bad electric deal
Long-term contract would lock in pricesSan Diego Union Tribune The proponents of electrical deregulation in California -- who promised that open markets…
Jul 8, 2000
Insurance
Ex-aide: Quackenbush knew all — Grays will testify to investigators, lawyer says
Sacramento Bee Former Deputy Insurance Commissioner George Grays will tell federal and state investigators that Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush personally quarterbacked efforts…
Jul 7, 2000
Insurance
State calls on McGeorge prof
Interim insurance chief vows restored trustSacramento Bee In a move intended to douse lingering whiffs of scandal at the Department of Insurance,…
Jul 6, 2000Largest National Provider of Court Reporting Services Threatens To Sue Consumer Group for Disclosing Secret Deals
Group Sees Threat as an Attempt to Stifle Debate on an Important Civil Justice Issue The nation's largest court reporting company has…
Jul 6, 2000
In The News
Discrimination and the Gene Code
Kansas City Starr When I was a student, one of my closer friends was Darryl, a self-described black nationalist who was the…
Jul 2, 2000
Insurance
Insurance Reform in California: The 1988 Insurance Wars
California is the single biggest market for insurance in the nation. Between 1985 and 1987, insurance premiums in California rose dramatically. In…
Jul 1, 2000
Insurance
New Program Offers Car Insurance For Low-Income Drivers
Los Angeles Times In a move to provide affordable auto insurance, state Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Montebello) and consumer advocates announced Friday a…
Jul 1, 2000
Healthcare
Rapid retreat; 2 Area Medicare HMOs Call It Quits
Houston Chronicle Two of Houston's biggest Medicare HMOs said Thursday they will be pulling out of the market, reflecting the rapid national…
Jun 30, 2000
In The News
Observan sucesión de Quackenbush
La Opinion Organizaciones por los derechos de los consumidores celebran salida del ex titular de Seguros y advierten sobre las características de…
Jun 30, 2000