California Rx Bulk Purchasing Bill Moves Closer to Governor’s Desk; Rx Express Train Trip to Highlight Benefits of Bulk Buying
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How Much Would You Save if the U.S. Bulk Purchased Rx?
<h3>Rx Express Partner Provides Drug Calculator on Website</h3>
Nice Try, WellPoint, but Ad Doesn’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>WellPoint would love to go the extra mile for the community. As long as it's on its own terms.</p>
All rhetoric aside, the pen will tell
<p class="source">Contra Costa Times (California)</p>
<p>Arnold advocates innovative government and health care for the poor, and backs making California business-friendly. So will he sign legislation drug companies and business interests oppose that would make it easier to buy cheaper prescription drugs from C</p>
An active retirement;
<h3>Older Americans make a formidable voting bloc, and as healthcare issues and the war make headlines, more are politicized, some say.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>The Canadian Rx Express is a train ride to Vancouver to pick up three-month supplies of prescription drugs to dramatize the irony of having to go to Canada to buy U.S.-made drugs at discount prices, organized by FTCR.</p>
Bush and Kerry Invited to Join Rx Express to Canada
<h3>Train Trip With Patients to Highlight Need for Rx Bulk Purchasing</h3>
Garamendi Digs In
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Garamendi turned down Anthem's deal to acquire Thousand Oaks-based WellPoint, which insures more than 7 million Californians through its Blue Cross of California subsidiary. Anthem is expected to take Garamendi to court for his admirable stance</p>
Top regulator sports a tough image;
<h3>California commissioner says consumers come 1st; some feel he's driven by political aspirations.</h3><p class="source">The Indianapolis Star</p>
<p>"Our position on Garamendi -- and I think his decision today proves it -- is that he's a tough regulator who stands up to special interests," said Jerry Flanagan, spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Los Angeles.</p>
Dick Cheney, Insurance Salesman
<p class="source">Center for American Progress</p>
<p>The state of California put medical malpractice caps in place in 1975. A 1993 study of medical malpractice insurance in California showed the caps had "done little more than enrich California malpractice insurers with excessive profits (http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/insurance/fs/fs002695.php3), at the expense of malpractice victims."</p>
REDRESS WHEN WRONGED? FORGET ABOUT IT
<!-- excerpt --><p>What right do all government officials have that the taxpayers who pay their salaries don't? After two recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, the answer is the right to sue your health maintenance organization or health insurer for damages.</p>
EDITORIAL: REDRESS WHEN WRONGED? FORGET ABOUT IT
<p class="source">THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER</p>
<p>What right do all government officials have that the taxpayers who pay their salaries don't? After two recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, the answer is the right to sue your health maintenance organization (HMO) or health insurer for damages.</p>
Follow the Money
<h3>Why does Gavin Newsom need a backer like the California Urban Issues Project?</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Weekly (California)</p>
<p>FTCR asked the IRS to reconsider the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit set up to benefit Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying the entity violates federal tax law by helping the governor raise money, lobby, and conduct polls, without disclosing its sources of</p>