Healthcare
Woman On “Inside” of Health Care Benefits Learns The Hard Way About Being On “Outside”
Judy Lerner - Studio City, CA
May 7, 1998Consumer Watchdog
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Healthcare
Patient Told To Reuse Colostomy Bag For 5 Days
Michelle Leasure - Baltimore, MD
May 6, 1998Utility Deregulation Is A Fraud: Largest Outside Company Pulls Out Of Residential Market
$28 Billion Bailout Tax Keeps Free Market In Shackles
Apr 22, 1998
Insurance
California’s New Boot Camp for Ballot Initiatives
The Oaks Project wants to help people take a leading role in American politics.The Christian Science Monitor During the midday rush outside…
Apr 14, 1998
Insurance
European Climate Policy Study Trip Participants List
CA Climate Action Registry
Mar 30, 1998
In The News
California State Auditor Report – Dept. of Conservation Misuse of State Resources
California State Auditor
Mar 27, 1998
Courtroom
Ultimately, a Healthy Decision At Giant and CVS Pharmacy
First Giant Food Inc. and then CVS Corp. last week terminated agreements with a Massachusetts marketing firm, Elensys Inc., to mail reminders…
Feb 23, 1998
Courtroom
CVS Also Cuts Ties To Marketing Service; Like Giant, Firm Cites Privacy on Prescriptions
CVS Corp. yesterday cut its ties to a Massachusetts marketing firm that reminds customers to refill prescriptions, saying customers complained that the…
Feb 19, 1998Consumer Groups Blast Quackenbush for Killing Committee and Study on Excessive Auto Rates and Profits
Quackenbush Allows Insurers to Continue Setting Rates Without Standards
Feb 19, 1998
Courtroom
Giant Food Stops Sharing Customer Data; Prescription-Marketing Plan Drew Complaints
In response to a deluge of complaints, Giant Food Inc. announced it will no longer send prescription information to a Massachusetts marketing…
Feb 18, 1998
Courtroom
When Private Means Private
Does the average person mind when, after having a prescription filled at the pharmacist, he or she starts getting related junk mail…
Feb 18, 1998