Insurance

Report: states with no-fault insurance pay more

March 29, 2005  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>"The bottom line is that no-fault is a bonanza for insurance companies. It's a disaster for consumers," said Harvey Rosenfield, an attorney with the nonprofit consumer group sponsoring the report, the California-based FTCR.</p>

Campaign Finance Reform Hypocrisy

March 24, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<!-- excerpt --><p>A Sacramento judge issued a preliminary ruling that allows Governor Schwarzenegger to control a group that is raising unlimited funds to push his ballot measures. Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says Governor Schwarzenegger has turned into a traitor in the war for campaign finance reform.</p>

New Documentary Film Reveals Inside Story Behind Enron Debacle;

March 24, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3><i>ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room</i></h3><p class="source">Special Ops Media</p> <p>The film comes to a harrowing dénouement as we hear Enron traders' own voices as they wring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits out of the California energy crisis. As a result, we come to understand how the avarice of Enron's traders and their bo</p>

Money Talks to Arnold

March 24, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Arnold's first legal victory after a series of defeats was winning the ability to bust all fundraising limits for his ballot measure committees. Probably not the kind of fight voters thought...</font>

State to weigh Safeco quake-insurance rate hike;

March 23, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The insurer wants to increase its typical premiums by 30 percent, to $762 annually.</h3><p class="source">The Orange County Register</p> <p>No date is set for Safeco's hearing. It's a response to a challenge by the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said Lawrence Markey Jr., a lawyer for the group. Safeco submitted the request to the Insurance Department in August.</p>

Schwarzenegger Criticized for Fund-Raising

March 22, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>"This (Arnold) is Gray Davis on steroids," said Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica consumer group.</p>

California Blue Cross offers different approach to health insurance coverage to young people

March 20, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CBS-TV Evening News</p> <p>Mr. JAMIE COURT: The insurance company has you going and coming. If you're healthy, they'll keep taking your money and never pay a benefit, and if you get very, very sick and they don't want you, all they have to do is raise your premiums 1000%.</p>

Sit-In at the Governor’s Table

March 18, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">As thousands protested outside Arnold's fundraiser last night at the Century Plaza hotel, a small group of firefighters, nurses, teachers and consumer advocates took a seat at the governor's...</font>

Medical malpractice math

March 14, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">Marketplace - National Public Radio</p> <p>When a doctor's, hospital's or drug company's negligence seriously injures a patient, someone's got to pay the medical bills and living expenses. If it's not the wrongdoer, then it's likely gonna be the America taxpayer through social security, disa</p>

Medical Malpractice Math

March 14, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<!-- excerpt --><p>When a doctor's hospital's or drug company's negligence seriously injures a patient, someone's got to pay the medical bills and living expenses. If it's not the wrongdoer, then it's likely gonna be the America taxpayer through programs like social securi</p>

Governor fattens kitty with D.C. Cash;

March 9, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Fund raising during trip raises concerns</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>"What big money does is buy access for a small set of people whose interests don't align with the interests of most Californians," said Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, a non-profit group that has been tracking Arnold's fun</p>

Bill would allow instant rate hikes for business insurance

March 9, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Charleston Gazette</p> <p>The Insurance Commission can't have it both ways, said Lawrence Markey Jr., staff attorney for California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. Insurance companies like a file-and-use system because it makes it easier to increase profits</p>