Tag: News Release
Schwarzenegger Prejudged HMO Merger Before Hearings, Received $105K from PacifiCare;
Consumer Group Calls for State Auditor to Investigate Anti-Consumer Merger and $445 Million Exec Payout
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Ad-Busting: Re-Edited “No on 89” Ad Shows Spot As It Would Be If Drug Company Disclaimers Applied to Political Advertisements;
Ad Implies California's Nurses Are "The Special Interests"; Group's Re-Edit Shows Effects of Believing That
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Blue Cross In Crisis Hires PR Firm that Specializes in ‘Keeping Clients Out of the Press’;
Firm's Clients Include Halliburton, Exxon, & Tenet
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FPPC Proposal Would Allow Politicians to Hide Total Amount of Some Contributions;
Consumer Group Calls for Full Disclosure of Pledged and Installment Contributions
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Top 10 Corporate Spenders On 2006 Initiatives Give $132 Million;
Corporations Give 61% of Total Initiative Funding, Outspend Unions 12 To 1 -- Prop. 89 Will Level the Playing Field
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Regulators Must Establish New Rules to Protect Tens of Thousands of Consumers Not Included in Blue Cross’s Settlement of 70+ Cancellation Lawsuits, Consumer Advocates Say
Consumer Advocates Say Good Scientific Strategic Plan For Stem Cell Research Is Meaningless Without Affordable Access For All Californians To Treatments and Cures
Stem Cell Institute Plan Shows Refreshing Candor Consumer Advocates Say
Prescription Drugs From Canada Not the Solution: U.S. Should Import Canadian Drug Policy
WARF Stem Cell Patents To Be Re-Examined At Request of FTCR, PUBPAT;
Patent Office Finds "Substantial Question" Regarding Validity of WARF's Claim
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California Consumer Group Challenges Allstate’s Proposed $100 Million Homeowners Insurance Rate Hike;
Allstate Wants To Raise Rates In Order To Obtain 24% Profit
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