“Enron” Health Care Would Lead To Higher Premiums, Medical Bankruptcies
California Should Not, Could Not Import Massachusetts Law
Apr 24, 2006Jerry Flanagan
Jerry Flanagan is Consumer Watchdog's Litigation Director. Flanagan leads Consumer Watchdog’s litigation efforts in the areas of health insurance coverage and access to treatments. He has over 20 years experience working in public interest and health care policy, legislation and litigation.
Articles by Jerry Flanagan
Insurers Seek Immunity From Paying Patient Damages in Enzi Junk Health Bill
Secret Video Shows Insurance Executives Discussing Lower Standards of Care For Those Who Cannot Sue
Apr 20, 2006United Health’s Profit Up 21% — Lounge Lizards Say “Go Ahead & Die”
Mergers, Privatized Medicare Drug Program & Greed Fuel Health Care Costs Increases
Apr 18, 2006Genentech’s Profit Up 48% On the Backs of Cancer Patients
Consumer Group Calls for Fair Pricing of Drugs Developed With Taxpayer Grants
Apr 11, 2006
Healthcare
Analysis: Mass. adopts pay for performance
UPI - United Press International Pay-for-performance systems can play a needed watchdog role, but also must be carefully crafted to avoid giving…
Apr 7, 2006FTCR Petitions Garamendi & Schwarzenegger to End Illegal Blue Cross “Retro-Active” Insurance Denials, Make Public Secret Documents
Court Cases Filed In Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
Mar 28, 2006
Healthcare
Get the Pork Out of Health Insurance
Health insurance premiums are increasing 250% faster than hospital and...
Mar 22, 2006
Healthcare
Junk Health Insurance
California and 41 states passed tough HMO Patients' Bill of Rights laws because Congress refused to act. Now, a President Bush-backed plan…
Mar 22, 2006
Insurance
Health Care Pirates
Watch the new music video and help sink the health insurance pirates. (Thank You to the Austin Lounge Lizards for their new…
Mar 22, 2006
Insurance
Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy
Harvard Study Finds Medical Bills Push Many Into Bankruptcy Nearly half of all Americans who file for bankruptcy do so because of…
Mar 22, 2006
Healthcare
Health Care Town Halls
Patients, employers, nurses, doctors, and hospital administrators have the most significant opportunity in decades to unite and build a universal health care…
Mar 22, 2006
Insurance
Cover Everyone & Save
"If the U.S. were to shift to a system of universal coverage � the savings in administrative costs would be more than…
Mar 22, 2006
Insurance
Why We Need Universal Health Care
“Like it or not, if we pay $1,500 per car for health care and our cheap global competitors pay $200, that’s a…
Mar 22, 2006