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Hartford Courant Former Aetna CEO Richard Huber once joked that when he met doctors at social events he would tell them he…
Feb 26, 2000Los Angeles Times Aetna Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said Richard Huber on Friday resigned as chairman and chief executive amid…
Feb 26, 2000This letter outlines problems with proposed regulations implementing the "Lifeline" low cost auto insurance law developed by FTCR. The regulations were proposed…
Feb 25, 2000Washington Post Aetna Inc. chairman and chief executive Richard L. Huber resigned yesterday after a period of disappointing profits, a swooning stock…
Feb 25, 2000The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and Assembly Member Sheila Kuehl joined with Peter Berman, a Deputy District Attorney for…
Feb 25, 2000KPFK - The Lawyer's Guild Radio program. 35:32
Feb 24, 2000Gannett News Service WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices listened skeptically Wednesday as attorneys for a woman who won a malpractice claim against…
Feb 24, 2000New York Times The Supreme Court raised a blizzard of questions today about a patient's challenge to the fundamental principle of managed…
Feb 24, 2000Justices Hear Case Challenging Managed Care IndustrySan Francisco Chronicle
Feb 24, 2000State Remedies Preferable to Federal Definition Sought In Case, Group Says
Feb 23, 2000Consumer Group Asks for State Investigation; Possible $35 Million in Fines
Feb 22, 2000Insurance companies and law enforcement agencies chase down people who file bogus claimsSan Diego Douglas Heller, an advocate with FTCR, says insurers…
Feb 20, 2000Wall Street Journal Aetna Inc. Chairman Richard L. Huber is facing mounting pressure from shareholders fed up with the health insurer's sickly…
Feb 16, 2000Many HMOs require patients to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of enrolling. Learn what you can do to end arbitration…
Feb 15, 2000STATE MANDATES REGARDING DIABETES, CONTRACEPTIVES AND PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT MAY GIVE CONSUMERS EXPANDED BENEFITSLos Angeles Times Bobbie, a 60-year-old South Bay woman living…
Feb 14, 2000Tribune EditorialOakland Tribune WHEN a special-interest group spends $50 million -- and counting -- to put a proposition on the ballot and…
Feb 14, 2000Local Campaign Finance Reformers Join Arianna Huffington In Protest of Failed Political Syste
Feb 14, 2000