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CASE IS ONE OF SEVERAL INVOLVING RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJURIES TO PATIENTS. LOWER COURT UPHELD RIGHT TO SUE DESPITE FEDERAL BAR.Los Angeles Times…
Sep 29, 1999New York Times Gov. Gray Davis signed a package of bills today that will give patients a variety of new rights in…
Sep 28, 1999Sacramento Bee Establishing a system that consumer advocates say will put California at the forefront of the patients' rights movement, Gov. Gray…
Sep 28, 1999SHOW: CNN THE WORLD TODAY 20:00 pm ETTranscript # 99092710V23CNN California governor Gray Davis signed legislation earlier today allowing many patients to…
Sep 27, 1999Christian Science Monitor In an ambitious health-care reform package expected to spur similar changes nationwide, California will soon offer medical consumers a…
Sep 24, 1999Agreements giving 'an advantage to any party' would be outlawedThe Legal Intelligencer A court reporter hired by a litigant would no longer…
Sep 13, 1999San Francisco Chronicle In a break for low-income drivers, San Francisco will be part of a pilot program offering inexpensive auto insurance…
Sep 10, 1999Legislature: Measures Would Ease Access to Second Opinions and Grant New Power to Appeal Decisions, As Well As Mandate Coverage for Severe…
Sep 10, 1999Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO -- The first of long-promised reforms for the troubled managed health care industry overwhelmingly cleared the Assembly on…
Sep 9, 1999Associated Press SACRAMENTO -- Californians would gain the right to sue their health insurers and new insurance benefits under measures approved by…
Sep 9, 1999Judges, Attorneys and Consumer Groups Voice Their Support
Sep 9, 1999Associated Press Patients who suffer substantial harm from a health insurer's decision to delay or deny treatment would gain the right to…
Sep 8, 1999Associated Press Withering before insurance industry opposition, an attempt to create the nation's first low-cost policy for low-income drivers has been transformed…
Sep 3, 1999Sacramento Bee When Gov. Gray Davis issued an HMO reform plan last month, he put off addressing the question of whether health…
Sep 2, 1999