Insurance

GREAT TIME TO BE IN OIL BUSINESS

November 4, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)</p> <p>Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, who says oil companies deliberately reduced refining capacity in the 1990s to boost their profits. When a disaster like Hurricane Katrina hits, there is no reserve to tap into and -- ka-ching! --gas prices go through the roof.</p>

Getting voters to ‘toon in;

November 4, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Campaigns increasingly use cartoons on Internet to grab attention.</h3><p class="source">The Orange County Register (California)</p> <p>Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog, a campaign affiliate of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and the California Nurses Association, said he hopes to have a million visits by Election Day to his cartoon attacking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his ballot initiatives.</p>

Remarks of Harvey Rosenfield On Insurance Reform in California

November 3, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<h3>Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, October 24, 2005, New York City </h3><p class="source">Drum Major Institute for Public Policy</p>

Remarks of Harvey Rosenfield On Insurance Reform in California to the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, October 24, 2005, New York City

November 3, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">Drum Major Institute for Public Policy</p>

Wal-Mart, Walton family support Schwarzenegger agenda with $1 Million

October 31, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">USA TODAY</p> <p>Wal-Mart and its founding Walton family have emerged as big backers of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, giving about $1 million in the past year to his favored causes as he vetoed legislation aimed at the company.</p>

The secret force behind the propositions;

October 30, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>Using Schwarzenegger's initiatives, some of the country's leading conservative minds hope to paint California red in 2008.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Some of the nation's leading conservative thinkers and strategists are seeking, through Schwarzenegger's initiatives, to alter the balance of power between the right and left wings of California politics. Their hope is to turn California red in '08 and pioneer a new gospel that can spread across the country.</p>

‘No’ vote is powerful only if you cast it

October 30, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>Getting people to turn out this November is key to defeating high dollar initiatives </h3><p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Nurses, firefighters, cops, teachers and Planned Parenthood have called upon California's progressive voters to just say no to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger-backed ballot measures in the Nov. 8 special election. </p>

Tax law casts doubt on stem cell royalties;

October 25, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>State may not reap billions promised to voters last fall</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>"Voters were told they would benefit from stem cell research, but if the drug companies own the treatments, it will be the top executives and shareholders that will profit,'' said Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which opposed Prop. 71.</p>

Cartoonish election

October 24, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Last week, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and the California Nurses Association put up its own cartoon with Schwarzenegger groping Minerva in the state seal.</p>

Arnold’s Shakedown Politics vs. His Word

October 21, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">When he ran for office, Arnold proclaimed: "I don't have to take money from anybody. I have plenty of money." Yesterday he got angry at President Bush for having a Beverly Hills...</font>

How to Shop for Insurance

October 21, 2005  ·  Doug Heller

<p class="source">ABC TV-12 (Flint, Michigan)</p> <p>"Just because they're a big name doesn't mean that they'll be a 'good neighbor' or that you'll be 'in their hands,'" Doug Heller with FTCR noted. If you can't get complaint ratios for your state, he said that you can often get a good idea of how a company treats its customers by comparing the complaint ratios published by other states </p>

Calpers Protests PacifiCare Severance;

October 18, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Top executives are poised to receive $345 million in merger-related bonuses if United Health's acquisition goes through.</h3><p class="source">CFO Magazine</p> <p>According to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, the $345 million in bonuses is "enough money to provide health care to 115,000 Californians for an entire year." </p>