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Los 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, 2000Sacramento Bee Two state legislators want to seize $6 million from a nonprofit foundation Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush created through insurance settlements…
May 2, 2000Policyholders To Be Paid in Full, New Foundation Established On September 30, 1997, FTCR filed suit against Allstate Insurance Company.
May 1, 2000In Wake of Quackenbush Scandal, Consumer Seeks Court Remedy For Northridge Quake Behavior
May 1, 2000San Francisco Examiner Unhappy with her treatment in a 1997 medical examination and not wanting to sue the doctor and just quietly…
Apr 30, 2000Misac Negosian- Sunland, CA
Apr 28, 2000According to news reports, Mr. Quackenbush has set up three non-profit foundations. The foundations are apparently controlled by Quackenbush or other CDI…
Apr 27, 2000