Jerry 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
Consumer Group Warns “Affordability” Is MIA in Historic Committee on Health Care
"Requiring every player in the health care system - hospitals, insurers and medical groups - to abide by appropriate efficiency standards would…
Sep 2, 2003
Vying for Control, Insurers Contribute $285 K To Davis’ Anti-Recall Campaign
CA Legislature to Convene Health Care Reform and Workers' Compensation Conference Committees "Politicians influenced by health insurance company campaign contributions must remember…
Aug 18, 2003
Recall Election Could Spur Universal Health Care Reform Debate
Consumer Groups: Reform Plan Must Include Cost Controls As gubernatorial recall candidates refine their positions on health care reform, the state legislature…
Aug 11, 2003
Consumer Group Calls on Speier & Davis to Clearly Require Informed Written Consent in Privacy Bill
New Amendments Also Give Banks A 45-Day Window To Share Information Even If A Consumer Says "No" The latest version of the…
Jun 13, 2003
Gov. Davis/Speier Privacy Legislation Riddled With Loopholes
Consent Need Not Be In Writing, Stronger Local Bay Area Laws Preempted The compromise privacy protection legislation announced by Governor Davis and…
Jun 6, 2003
Consumer Group Announces New Website Geared to Developing Consensus on Universal Health Care
www.calhealthconsensus.org Continues State-Wide Dialogue To Increase Health Care Access and Affordability The website is sponsored by the FTCR's California Health Consensus Project…
May 14, 2003
Health Net’s Profit Soar As Enrollment Declines
SB 26 Would Require 'Prior Approval' of HMO Rates
May 7, 2003
HMOs Serving Low-Income Populations Report Profit Surge
SB 26 Would Require 'Prior Approval' of Rates
May 5, 2003
Blue Shield’s Universal Health Care Plan Means More Pork for Insurers
SB 26 Will Protect Consumers and Business by Requiring "Prior Approval" of Health Insurance Rates "It is disingenuous for a health insurer…
Apr 24, 2003
Senators Figueroa, Burton and Assembly Member Laird Unveil New Bill To Require State Approval of Health Insurance Premiums
LA Patient's Premiums Increase by 57% Today, Senator Figueroa, Senate President Burton, Assembly Member Laird and the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Apr 8, 2003
Healthcare
Drug prices: why so high?
What you can do to bring them under control.Orange County Register Jerry Flanagan of The Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights explained…
Apr 3, 2003
Bush Declares War on Medicare
Plan to Privatize Medicare Is Payback to HMOs President Bush's call to privatize Medicare by driving seniors to low-quality HMOs, in order…
Jan 28, 2003
Secretary Tommy Thompson Lets HMOs Off The Hook for Disease Prevention
Focus should be on corporate behavior, not individual behavior Instead of focusing on individual behavior we should focus on corporate behavior. It…
Jan 22, 2003
State HMOs Increase Consumer Premiums Up to 10-Times the Actual Cost of Care
Governor Davis Has Been MIA on Controlling Health Care Costs; Today's State of the State Address Is An Important Test of Leadership…
Jan 8, 2003