Insurance

Appointed Insurance Commissioner Bill Blames Voters for Quackenbush Scandal

April 1, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>This proposal has been defeated</h3> <p>The following letter regarding SCA 19 was sent to Senator Jackie Speier, author of the Appointed Commissioner legislation, on May 15, 2000.</p>

Health problems linked to mold

March 30, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Metro Detroit faces growing threat</h3><p class="source">Detroit News</p> <p>Consumer advocates say insurance companies are reluctant to pay mold damage claims because scientific proof of cause-and-effect eludes researchers.</p>

Sen. Hayden Appears Set to Propose Nonprofit State Insurance Watchdog

March 29, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Wall Street Journal</p> <p>Legislation expected to be introduced this week would create a new statewide organization to represent consumers of auto, home and health insurance before industry and government regulators.</p>

Home cooking: Quackenbush’s money transfer to wife merits probe

March 29, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Bee Editorial</h3><p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Campaign funds from companies Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush regulates were used to pay off his wife's personal loans to her own failed state Senate campaign.</p>

A Hole in Patients’ Rights

March 28, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>The Legislature left some unfinished business last year when it passed a bill allowing patients to file a claim for damages against their HMOs -- but not necessarily in a court of law.</p>

Reports On Insurers Demanded

March 28, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Lawmakers demanded Monday that Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush appear at an April 26 hearing and produce confidential reports his office prepared on the handling of Northridge earthquake claims by six major insurance companies.</p>

Odorous contributions: Commissioner collects from insurance companies

March 28, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Union Tribune Editorial</h3><p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p> <p>State Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush is the poster boy for campaign finance reform in California. Six years ago, as a Republican candidate, Quackenbush declared that accepting campaign money from insurance companies would be "like taking slow</p>

Funny About This Money

March 28, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>L.A. Times Editorial</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Voters approved Proposition 103, the 1988 insurance reform initiative, in part to break up a cozy relationship between the insurance industry and the state's appointed insurance commissioner. Beginning in 1990, the job was made an elected position. But th</p>

Donations to Quackenbush Paid Wife’s Campaign Debts

March 26, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Finance: Funds came from insurers with business before commissioner. The actions are legal, but some decry them</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush collected tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions from insurance companies with business before him and used it to repay his wife for personal loans she made to her failed state Senate campaign.</p>

Critics question gifts to official

March 26, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Firms pay $245,000 to state insurance chief</h3><p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush collected tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from insurance companies and used it to repay his wife's loans in her failed state Senate campaign, the Los Angeles Times reported in today's editions.</p>

New Managed Care Chief Faces A Tough Operation

March 22, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Wall Street Journal California</p> <p>SACRAMENTO -- What could possibly have possessed Daniel Zingale to accept -- no, not merely accept but actively lobby for -- the job of running the state's new Department of Managed Care?</p>

GNS Special Report: Clinton’s Health Care Legacy

March 14, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Gannett News Service</p> <p>WASHINGTON -- After the fiasco that was health-care reform died ignominiously in 1994, legislators still itched to prove they could work together and provide some protection for Americans afraid of losing health insurance. In 1996, they hatched a plan.</p>