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The San Diego Union-Tribune Imagine being asked to adopt a child, then, after seeing that infant through its first difficult years, being…
Oct 31, 1999American Health Line Despite Wall Street's support of his "gloves-off" approach to the class-action lawsuit against Aetna, company CEO Richard Huber is…
Oct 27, 1999Relationship between money, health hits skidsUSA TODAY Employers' recent love affair with managed care -- a slimmer, younger, less expensive version of…
Oct 20, 1999Coalition Seeks Support for ReferendumBoston Globe Tapping into the same populist outrage against health maintenance organizations and for-profit medicine that has led…
Oct 19, 1999Do Exclusive Contracts Give the Defense an Unfair AdvantageLawyers Weekly USA Most lawyers walk into a deposition assuming that the court reporter…
Oct 18, 1999Associated Press The state should take steps to make sure its health maintenance organizations remain non-profit, activists said Monday. "Non-profit medicine is…
Oct 18, 1999Expensive Campaign is Expected in Drive to Gather at Least 400,000 Signatures Needed to Put the Measure on the Ballot. The Law…
Oct 14, 1999Sacramento Bee A coalition of insurance companies and other groups announced Tuesday that it will seek a March 2000 statewide ballot referendum…
Oct 13, 1999San Diego Union Tribune A coalition of insurers and business groups, contending that legislation signed by Gov. Gray Davis could drive up…
Oct 13, 1999California's Experience With HMO Reform Offers Lessons For Nation
Oct 13, 1999The New York Times The debate leading up to the House vote last week to expand patients' rights was punctuated by a…
Oct 12, 1999Insurance Industry Already Trying to Hide
Oct 12, 1999Davis signs bills creating program for low-income driversSan Francisco Examiner The nation's first low-cost car insurance program will park temporarily in San…
Oct 11, 1999Chain Drug Review SACRAMENTO, CA -- California, which has been a leader both in the development of the managed care industry and…
Oct 11, 1999Lifeline Insurance Pilot Programs Create Flat-Rate Policies in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Oct 10, 1999New state law allows bad-faith suitsSan Francisco Chronicle In a move praised by consumer advocates, Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation yesterday that…
Oct 9, 1999Sacramento Bee Closing an unusual legislative chapter involving the year's most heavily lobbied issue, Gov. Gray Davis on Friday signed two measures…
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