Oaks Project Launches Package of Taxpayer Protection Initiatives
All-volunteer signature drive to stop conflicts of interest that gouge taxpayers
Dec 17, 1999Consumer Watchdog
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Website Map Illustrates State Farm Redlining in Los Angeles, CA
State Farm, in San Francisco Court Today, Seeks to Restrict Further Release of Data
Dec 7, 1999
Insurance
State Farm Suit Seeks Return of Data Critics Say Indicate Redlining
Los Angeles Times State Farm Insurance is suing the state and a former Texas insurance commissioner for the return of information it…
Dec 5, 1999
Insurance
State Farm Sues Over Release of Documents Suggesting Alleged Redlining
Associated Press State Farm is suing the state and a former Texas insurance commissioner, demanding he return proprietary information the company says…
Dec 4, 1999State Farm Sues To Squelch Public Information Showing That Company Ignores the Poor
State Farm Rarely a Neighbor In California's Poor and Minority Communities, According to Data
Dec 4, 1999
Healthcare
Justices Block Bid To Skirt Arbitration In Malpractice Cases
State High Court Rules That Consumers Can Still Ask Courts To Bar Deceptive Practices But Otherwise Must Honor Agreements To Settle DisputesLos…
Dec 3, 1999
Healthcare
HMOs: ‘Feel Good’ Campaign Uses Docs
American Health Line In an attempt to combat the public's seemingly increasing negative perception of managed care companies, the Coalition of Affordable…
Dec 3, 1999
Healthcare
Court Says Judges Can Ban Deceptive HMO Practices
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- In a victory for consumers, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a patient can go to…
Dec 2, 1999
Healthcare
Insurers’ group wins praise with a frank ‘call to action’
USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- A major health insurers' trade group is winning cautious praise, even from some staunch HMO critics, for admitting…
Nov 29, 1999
Healthcare
HMO INDUSTRY: AAHP URGES MEMBERS TO CONSIDER CHANGE
American Health Line A memo from the head of the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) states that health insurers have "themselves…
Nov 29, 1999Consumer Groups Call On Attorneys General and Governors to Halt Commercialization of Justice
Insurers Blatantly Ignore Entreaties to Abide by Ethical Rules
Nov 19, 1999
Healthcare
Huntington Beach, Calif.-Based Firm Offers Online Shopping for Surgery
Orange County Register HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- You'll soon be able to put your plastic surgery out to bid on the Internet.…
Nov 17, 1999
Insurance
Referendum Drive To Submit Signatures Soon
Net Capitol Journal Last year, a coalition of Indian tribes and their political consultants took the initiative business to school with a…
Nov 15, 1999
Healthcare
State Office to Help California Patients Maneuver Through Complicated System
Associated Press Health care experts said the state's new patient rights office should handle complaints about HMOs, put out an annual HMO…
Nov 11, 1999
Privacy
Kaiser / AFL-CIO: HMO and Union Sign ‘Historic’ Agreement
American Health Line Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest not-for-profit HMO, and a coalition of AFL-CIO unions on Tuesday announced an agreement that…
Nov 11, 1999
Healthcare
Clinton Praises HMO’s Move
Orlando Sentinel United Healthcare Corp.'s groundbreaking decision to give doctors final authority over patient care won high praise from President Clinton on…
Nov 10, 1999
Healthcare
Key Health Plan Halts Reviews of Doctor Decisions
Action by United HealthCare, Which Covers 800,000 Californians, Would Eliminate Pre-Authorizations For PatientsLos Angeles Times In a dramatic sign that health plans…
Nov 9, 1999
Healthcare
HMO to Leave Care Decisions Up to Doctors
UnitedHealthcare Has 14.5 Million ClientsWashington Post UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation's largest managed-care companies, said yesterday that it will stop overruling doctors'…
Nov 9, 1999