Meeting of Health Insurers Honors Inefficiency & Waste
Blue Cross not worthy of honor says FTCR
May 6, 2005Jerry 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
L.A. City Council Approves Prescription Drug Bulk Purchasing To Become First City in Nation with Such A Pool
Prescription drug discounts under the program are estimated to be 20 to 40 percent.
May 4, 2005
46,786 Blue Cross Members Hit With Overcharges
Consumer Group Calls for Repayments & Penalties
May 2, 2005
CA Regulators Announce Hearing on Blue Cross Rate Increases
Company Earnings Double in Wake of Recent Merger The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), which oversees Blue Cross of California, called…
Apr 27, 2005
Consumers & Business Owners Oppose Legislation Forcing Patients to Buy Health Insurance – Plan Would Not Limit What Insurers Can Charge
State Bill Would Make Uninsured and Underinsured Patients Criminals
Apr 7, 2005
Bush Ignores Medicare Reforms In Favor of Social Security Deform;
Wall Street and Drug Company Campaign Contributors To Benefit
Mar 24, 2005
CA Should Investigate Blue Cross/WellPoint Executive Pay-Outs In Wake of Merger;
Company Execs Promised Patients Wouldn't Pay More, But Costs Are Increasing
Mar 22, 2005
Insurance
Sit-In at the Governor’s Table
As thousands protested outside Arnold's fundraiser last night at the Century Plaza hotel, a small group of firefighters, nurses, teachers and consumer…
Mar 18, 2005
Group Unveils Schwarzenegger’s Century Plaza Hotel “Cash Syndicate” of Big Industry Executives
Gov Will Attend Fundraiser Hosted by Syndicate Later Today
Mar 16, 2005
Privacy
Rove’s Bot
In an interview with NBC's Campbell Brown, Arnold defended his East Coast fundraising blitzkrieg with the preprogrammed lines: "This guy that's sitting…
Mar 11, 2005
Healthcare
Who’s Kickin’ Butt Now?
Last December, Arnold shamelessly bragged that he was kicking nurses' butts in Sacramento after he threw out patient protection rules guaranteeing that…
Mar 4, 2005
Privacy
Pushers Pumpin’ Up Arnold
Arnold told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" that he does not regret taking steroids as a bodybuilder. But he wouldn't do…
Mar 3, 2005