Herdrich Case Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Decide Balance Between Federal HMO Regulation & Patients’ Access To State Remedies
State Remedies Preferable to Federal Definition Sought In Case, Group Says
Feb 23, 2000Consumer Watchdog
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Foreign Insurance Industry Contributions May Violate Law
Consumer Group Asks for State Investigation; Possible $35 Million in Fines
Feb 22, 2000
Insurance
Fraud Finders
Insurance companies and law enforcement agencies chase down people who file bogus claimsSan Diego Douglas Heller, an advocate with FTCR, says insurers…
Feb 20, 2000
Healthcare
As Aetna’s Woes Pile Up, Its Chairman Is Under Fire
Wall Street Journal Aetna Inc. Chairman Richard L. Huber is facing mounting pressure from shareholders fed up with the health insurer's sickly…
Feb 16, 2000
Healthcare
The Private HMO Justice System for Injured California Patients
The Private HMO Justice System for Injured California Patients
Is It Fair?
Many HMOs require patients to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of enrolling. Learn what you can do to end arbitration…
Feb 15, 2000
Insurance
INSURANCE LAWS QUIETLY TAKE EFFECT
STATE MANDATES REGARDING DIABETES, CONTRACEPTIVES AND PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT MAY GIVE CONSUMERS EXPANDED BENEFITSLos Angeles Times Bobbie, a 60-year-old South Bay woman living…
Feb 14, 2000
Insurance
Consumers Need Propositions 30 and 31
Tribune EditorialOakland Tribune WHEN a special-interest group spends $50 million -- and counting -- to put a proposition on the ballot and…
Feb 14, 2000Campaign Finance Reformers’ Tea Party in Santa Monica
Local Campaign Finance Reformers Join Arianna Huffington In Protest of Failed Political Syste
Feb 14, 2000
Insurance
Claim Check
The big insurance companies put Proposition 30 on the ballot - so they could fight it.San Francisco Bay Guardian WHEN ROSEMARY SHAHAN…
Feb 9, 2000All Presidential Candidates Support Some Form Of HMO Liability; All Candidates Must Be Pressed On Details
Historically, First Bi-Partisan Agreement To Reform ERISA
Feb 9, 2000
Insurance
The Oaks Project “Tools of Democracy” – The Issues We Work On
The Oaks Project trains citizens to build a powerful democracy that works for everybody. These are the tools of a powerful democracy.
Feb 8, 2000
Privacy
Vote for Fair Play — Yes on Props. 30 and 31
SF Chronicle EditorialSan Francisco Chronicle In one of the most cynical manipulations of the initiative process to date, the special interests who…
Feb 7, 2000
Insurance
Consumers Need Props. 30 and 31
SF Examiner EditorialSan Francisco Examiner Californians should give themselves the right to sue automobile insurance companies that unfairly delay or refuse to…
Feb 6, 2000
Insurance
The Need for Lifeline Auto Insurance
The Lifeline Plan will provide a low-cost automobile insurance program which will make affordable auto insurance available to hundreds of thousands of…
Feb 5, 2000
Insurance
Why Must HMOs Be Liable?
HMO liability legislation is essential for patients to have state law rights which protect against quality of care violations. This fact sheet…
Feb 4, 2000
Insurance
Lifeline Auto Insurance: The Basics
A short breakdown of the cost, eligibility requirements and restrictions on California's low-cost auto insurance plan.
Feb 4, 2000
Insurance
Consumer Alert: Insurance Companies Attack California Consumer Protection Laws, Props 30 & 31
The insurance industry bombarded Californians with ads urging voters to vote no on pro-consumer Props 30 & 31. Why?
Feb 2, 2000