Tag: News Release

CALPERS HMO Rates Up 9.7% — Double Digit Increases Are A Return To Patients Paying More For Less

Consumer Watchdog May 18, 1999

Consumer Group Calls For Prior Approval Rate Regulation For Industry

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Lifeline Auto Insurance Clears First Hurdle

Consumer Watchdog April 22, 1999

CA. State Senators Pass $300 Policy Out of Committee

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Nation’s Largest Managed Care Company Sued Under Racketeering Law

Consumer Watchdog April 19, 1999

Consumer Group Challenges Aetna For Systemic Fraud

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Clinton Administration Taken To Task For Failing To Break Up HMO Mergers

Consumer Watchdog April 8, 1999

Patient Rights Group Demands Justice Dept. Halt Aetna-Prudential Deal

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CA Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Landmark HMO Liability Bill

Consumer Watchdog April 6, 1999

CA Bill Gives All Patients the Right-to-Sue that Public Officials Now Have

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Association of 25,000 Small Businesses Supports HMO Liability in CA

Consumer Watchdog April 6, 1999

Poll Shows 66% of Small Bix Executives Support Right-to-Sue Your HMO Bill

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HMO Group’s “Model Language” for Medical Necessity Hurts Consumers

Consumer Watchdog March 31, 1999

Legislation To Ensure Only Doctors Who Examine Patients Make Decisions

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Insurance Commissioner’s Report on Underserved Communities Called “Best Argument for Lifeline Auto Insurance Bill”

Consumer Watchdog March 17, 1999

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Kaiser Sued For Fraud Over Mass-Market Advertising; Consumer Group Seeks To Take T.V. Advertisements Off Air

Consumer Watchdog March 16, 1999

Doctors Not In Charge Of Care, As Ads Contend

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Insurance Companies

Consumer Watchdog March 9, 1999

Insurers Pay Out Less Than Half As Much As They Collect in Premiums

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California Regulators Called Upon To Stop Aetna-Prudential Merger

Jamie Court March 3, 1999

Testimony of Jamie Court and Doug Heller

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Congressman Stark Questions In Congressional Record Whether CEO Huber Should Head Aetna

Consumer Watchdog February 11, 1999

Ranking Democrat On Ways & Means Health Committee Wants Hearings

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