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Wall Street Journal California SACRAMENTO -- What could possibly have possessed Daniel Zingale to accept -- no, not merely accept but actively…
Mar 22, 2000The consistently high gasoline prices in the California have been blamed on price "spikes" caused by shortages of fuel due to California…
Mar 16, 2000San Francisco Chronicle The consistently high gasoline prices in the Bay Area have been blamed on price "spikes" caused by shortages of…
Mar 16, 2000Gannett News Service WASHINGTON -- After the fiasco that was health-care reform died ignominiously in 1994, legislators still itched to prove they…
Mar 14, 2000In September 1999, California Governor Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 21 (Figueroa), sponsored by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consmer Rights, which…
Mar 7, 2000So much money is invested by politicians and vested business interests in the electoral process these days that it's becoming impossible to…
Mar 7, 2000Associated Press The experimental low-cost auto insurance program due to debut this summer in two counties is running into problems. Lawmakers and…
Mar 6, 2000Office of Administrative Law To Deliver Formal Rejection of Quackenbush Regulations Today
Mar 6, 2000San Diego Union Tribune As quickly as the offer from the parent company of Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. to Aetna Inc. was…
Mar 4, 2000Contrary to the implications of the Health Plans' statements, we believe your constituents should never have to choose between access to health…
Mar 3, 2000Oaks Project Opinion Editorial By Jeff ChristophersonVentura County Star They are pulling our strings again and most of us haven't a clue,…
Mar 3, 2000USA Today A California health insurer and a Dutch investment bank are making a bold bid to take over Aetna US Healthcare.
Mar 2, 2000LA Times Medical insurance giant Aetna Inc., its own health faltering amid a growing public outcry over the managed-care industry, said Wednesday…
Mar 2, 2000Washington Post Aetna Inc., the nation's largest health insurer, said yesterday that it had received a $ 10.3 billion joint buyout offer…
Mar 2, 2000New York TImes Aetna Inc. said yesterday that it had received a $9.9 billion purchase offer last week from ING America Insurance…
Mar 2, 2000Compromise Could Endanger More Generous State Law Reforms The composition of the conference committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate…
Mar 2, 2000Insurance Industry Spends $22 Million on Advertisements Alone
Mar 2, 2000Sacrmento Bee A bill that would exempt California doctors in private practice from antitrust laws and let them link together to negotiate…
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