Consumer Watchdog

Utilities Will Face California Voters on $28 Billion Bailout Tax

States, Congress, Wall Street Watch Closely as Utilities Promise to Spend $50 Million to Defeat Measure

Jun 25, 1998

Consumers, Voters Celebrate Two Major Prop 103 Court Victories

Superior Court Orders Commissioner Quackenbush to Stop Allowing Insurers to Use Zip Code-Based Auto Rates; Court of Appeal Strikes Down Legislation That…

Jun 25, 1998

Healthcare

HMO Fails Bone Cancer Patient

Shirley Moore - Union City, CA

Jun 24, 1998

Healthcare

HMO Denies $110,000 Surgery Recommended By Own Doctor, Patient Forced Into Debt

Debra Moran - Winfield , IL

Jun 23, 1998

$28 Billion Bailout of Utility Companies Draws National Attention

Consumer and Environmental Groups Blast Faulty Electricity Deregulation

Jun 23, 1998

Healthcare

Cancer Patient Dies From HMO Delays, Husband Has No Remedy

Phyllis Cannon - Oklahoma City, OK

Jun 22, 1998

Healthcare

Pensioner’s Health Care Taken, Has No Remedy Under ERISA

Casey Patelski - Iowa

Jun 19, 1998

Court to Hear Arguments in Major 103 Lawsuits Challenging the Continued Use of Arbitrarily-Based Auto Insurance Rates

Consumer and Civil Rights Organizations Joined by Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco in Lawsuits Against Insurance Commissioner

Jun 19, 1998

Insurance

Cancer Patient With Highest Recovery Rate Denied Treatment

Edward Mycek - La Quinta, CA

Jun 18, 1998

Healthcare

Heart Patient’s Access To Cardiologist Stone-Walled, Dies Due To Mis-Managed Care

Glenn Nealy - New York

Jun 17, 1998

Insurance

Woman Denied Fertility Benefits Retroactively

Linda DeBenedictis - Norwood, MA

Jun 16, 1998

Healthcare

Collapsed Boy — A Cardiac Risk — Told To Take Gatorade, Dies

Alexander Giles, 9 - Houston, TX

Jun 15, 1998

Insurance

$100 MILLION STATE FARM SETTLEMENT;

117 POLICYHOLDERS SUE OVER QUAKE COVERAGEChicago Tribune Consumer activists in California were harshly critical of Illinois insurance officials. "There is some problem…

Jun 12, 1998

Healthcare