Jerry Flanagan

Schwarzenegger Address to AARP Today Is False Advertising;

Gov's Plan Makes Early Retirement Unlikely, Raises Costs for Retirees

Calif. Health Reform Bills Would Expand Children’s Coverage, But Shrink From Comprehensive Reform of Industry, Universal Access;

Leaders' New Proposals Narrow "Individual Purchase Mandate," But Still Bow to Private, For-Profit Insurance Industry

Consumers Suffering Double-Digit Rate Increases Call For Health Affordability Bill;

Measure Modeled on Landmark Auto Reform Would Require Insurers to Justify Increases and Get Approval Before Raising Rates

HMO Regulator Finds Blue Cross Batting Average Is Zero in Proving Patients Lied Before Retroactively Canceling Coverage;

New Rules Should Reflect Survey Findings

Medical Costs See Biggest Increase in More Than 15 Years As Policymakers Consider Requiring Californians to Buy Health Insurance

Schwarzenegger, Núñez & Perata Must Guarantee Price & Quality of Health Coverage Before Requiring Californians to Buy

Health Affordability Talk, But No Regulatory Walk In Wake of $1 Million Dollars in Industry Contributions To Committee Members;

Senator Kuehl Called On To Introduce Insurance Premium Regulation

Cancer Survivor to Call for New Patient Protection Rules After Insurer Cancelled Policy and Refused to Pay for $65,000 Surgery

Gov’s Health Plan Must Provide New Rules Limiting Insurer Waste To Ensure Affordability;

Rate Reviews That Saved Homeowners Nearly $500 Million in Recent Weeks Should Apply Equally to Health Insurance, Group Says

Governor, Legislators Should Heed California Voters Who See Drug & Insurance Profits Driving Rise in Health Costs;

Poll Results Closely Track Group's Recommendations to Curb Insurers' Wasteful Practices

Núñez “Reform” Does Not Take On Politically Powerful Health Insurers That Are Bankrupting Health Care

State HMO Regulator Agrees to New Rules & Hearings on Illegal Policy Cancellations;

FTCR Says New Rules Are Good News for Patients

Put Insurers’ Spending and Profit Front and Center in Reform Debate, Says Group

Businesses Must Join Consumers to Resist Industry's Political Clout

Consumer Group Challenges Gov to Make Health Care Affordable By Limiting HMO & Drug Co. Profiteering in Reform Plan

Consumer Advocates Praise HMO Regulator for Pledging to Push for New Rules in Response to Group’s Petition; Say “Devil’s in the Details”

Consumer Advocates Call on HMO Regulator to Release Records of HMO Merger;

Charges that Schwarzenegger Administration Pre-approved Merger of Top Campaign Contributor Must be Delved

Schwarzenegger Prejudged HMO Merger Before Hearings, Received $105K from PacifiCare;

Consumer Group Calls for State Auditor to Investigate Anti-Consumer Merger and $445 Million Exec Payout

Blue Cross In Crisis Hires PR Firm that Specializes in ‘Keeping Clients Out of the Press’;

Firm's Clients Include Halliburton, Exxon, & Tenet