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Metro Detroit faces growing threatDetroit News Consumer advocates say insurance companies are reluctant to pay mold damage claims because scientific proof of…
Mar 30, 2000Proposal Would Provide Consumers with Resources to Hold the Industry, Regulatory Agencies Accountable Legislation to create a new consumer-oriented watchdog organization that…
Mar 30, 2000Peter Berman- Van Nuys, CA
Mar 29, 2000Wall Street Journal Legislation expected to be introduced this week would create a new statewide organization to represent consumers of auto, home…
Mar 29, 2000Bee EditorialSacramento Bee Campaign funds from companies Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush regulates were used to pay off his wife's personal loans to…
Mar 29, 2000Wilfredo Engalla, Hayward, CA
Mar 28, 2000Los Angeles Times Lawmakers demanded Monday that Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush appear at an April 26 hearing and produce confidential reports his…
Mar 28, 2000Union Tribune EditorialSan Diego Union Tribune State Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush is the poster boy for campaign finance reform in California. Six…
Mar 28, 2000L.A. Times EditorialLos Angeles Times Voters approved Proposition 103, the 1988 insurance reform initiative, in part to break up a cozy relationship…
Mar 28, 2000Associated Presss SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Health maintenance organization patients could not be forced to take their disputes to arbitration instead of court…
Mar 28, 2000San Francisco Chronicle The Legislature left some unfinished business last year when it passed a bill allowing patients to file a claim…
Mar 28, 2000AB 1751 Now Heads To Assembly Floor
Mar 28, 2000Insurers Made Donations to Quackenbush Foundations and Political Committees After Investigations Stopped The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights today requested, under…
Mar 27, 2000New Story & Picture Faxed Daily To Every Legislator The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights today launched an "HMO Arbitration Abuse…
Mar 27, 2000Finance: Funds came from insurers with business before commissioner. The actions are legal, but some decry themLos Angeles Times Insurance Commissioner Chuck…
Mar 26, 2000Firms pay $245,000 to state insurance chiefAssociated Press Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush collected tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from insurance…
Mar 26, 2000The little told story of the true balance of power in American politics is that even when big corporations lose legislatively they…
Mar 23, 2000USA Today Most patients assume that what they tell their doctor is confidential. But it might not be.
Mar 23, 2000