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Assembly committee rejects effort to deter patients from suing to recover medical costsSan Francisco Examiner SACRAMENTO - Democrats in the Legislature have…
May 10, 2000Consumer Group Says Other States Should Follow Suit
May 10, 2000On Tuesday, the Assembly Judiciary Committee defeated a bill backed by Governor Davis to narrow the scope of California's HMO liability law.
May 10, 2000Zakary Ostertag- Vacaville, CA
May 9, 2000Calls for Court-Appointed "Special Master" to Oversee Insurance Claims Mishandling, Payments
May 8, 2000HMO-backed Bill To Change Law Before It Takes Effect The Foundation for Taxpayer for Consumer Rights, sponsor of last year's California HMO…
May 8, 2000Los Angeles Times EditorialLos Angeles Times State Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush still insists that he had the consumer's interests at heart. How…
May 7, 2000Los Angeles Times A provision that makes it easier for consumers to sue their HMOs directly for large unreimbursed medical bills and…
May 7, 2000Carley Christie- Woodside, CA
May 5, 2000Maria Russo- Temecula, CA
May 4, 2000USA Today Health plans, buffeted in recent years for their no-frills approach to medical care, are pushing ever further into alternative medicine,…
May 4, 2000Rebuffed for 6 Years, Victims Speak Out About Quackenbush Scandal From Quake-Damaged Condominium ComplexCommunity Assisting Recovery (CARE)
May 4, 2000Two years after Elensys Care Services Inc. ran into an explosion of disapproval over its use of pharmacies' confidential prescription records, the…
May 3, 2000Joseph Martin Jr.- Carson, CA
May 3, 2000Los Angeles Times Kaiser Permanente said Tuesday that it would abandon a policy of requiring its psychiatrists to prescribe drugs to patients…
May 3, 2000San Francisco Chronicle LAST MONTH, a private corporation announced that it was winning the race with the public scientific team, the Human…
May 3, 2000Louis DeGeorge
May 2, 2000Lawmaker wants Northridge quake victims to benefitAssociated Press A lawmaker wants to freeze $6 million in a fund created by state Insurance…
May 2, 2000