Insurance

Blue Cross deal queried

April 19, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Consumer advocates Monday called on the governor and the insurance commissioner to investigate whether Blue Cross of California has raised insurance premiums to fund a $16.5 billion merger that last year forged the nation's largest health plan.</p>

Insurance Renewal Rules Proposed;

April 15, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Garamendi says disclosure regulations could protect people from 'use-it-and-lose-it' home policies.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Douglas Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica said his group would support Garamendi in efforts to stop insurers from "punishing customers who have the audacity to use the insurance policy they pay for."</p>

Leaders push California funds to recover $400 million from AIG

April 13, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>"What becomes clear on a day like this is that the (pension) problem is with the corporations who have donated to him rather than the benefits we have provided to our public servants," said Doug Heller, an advocate with the Santa Monica-based FTCR.</p>

Brand Name Drug Price Increase Highest in 5 Years – Rx Bulk Purchasing Needed

April 12, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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The many faults of no-fault insurance

April 1, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Brockton Enterprise</p> <p>Did you have any doubt that Massachusetts has the worst auto insurance system in the country? If you did, read a new report from the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which points out all the faults of no-fault insurance.</p>

LA-BASED ADVOCATE WITH LOCAL TIES PITCHES REPEAL OF NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE

April 1, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE (Massachusetts)</p> <p>The report, released by the non-profit, non-partisan Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, concludes that repealing the no-fault system would immediately lead to fewer insurance claims and lower rates.</p>

Coalition targets health care;

April 1, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Group forms to improve coverage in the Valley</h3><p class="source">The Fresno Bee</p> <p>The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights has spent two years bringing community groups together, with the goal of supporting its greater statewide efforts for improving health-care access. FTCR also has set up town hall meetings in 11 communities</p>

Study: Massachusetts no-fault insurance system hurts drivers

March 30, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA)</p> <p>Harvey Rosenfield contended that no-fault premiums are higher because twice the number of people are covered as both parties involved in an accident are paid, and that there are incentives for people without health insurance to commit fraud.</p>

Group says no-fault more costly system;

March 30, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Mass. drivers pay extra $50 on average per policy, it says</h3><p class="source">The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA)</p> <p>Carmen Balber, a spokeswoman for the group FTCR, said it highlighted Massachusetts because a task force of regulators and elected officials is meeting to review insurance laws in the Bay State.</p>

Faulting ‘no-fault’ insurance;

March 30, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Drivers taken for a $200M ride?</h3><p class="source">The Boston Herald</p> <p>Insurance premiums on average are 19 percent higher in states that have no-fault insurance, said Harvey Rosenfeld, whose group FTCR, was a leader in pushing auto-insurance reform in California in the late 1980s.</p>

CALIF. GROUP URGES REPEAL OF MASS. NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE

March 30, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">The Boston Globe</p> <p>Harvey Rosenfield, founder of FTCR in Santa Monica and author of a 1988 auto insurance reform measure in California, said no-fault, where lawsuits are restricted and drivers settle claims with their own insurer regardless of who is at fault, is a recipe f</p>

The Cost Of No-Fault Auto Insurance

March 29, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

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