Mar 27, 2008
Consumer Advocates Call for Governor To Make Good on His Promise to Protect Patients From Illegal Cancellations of Health Insurance
Health Care Regulators Accused in Hearing of "Glacial Pace" In Stopping Post-Claim Rescissions, Failing to Restore Coverage to Victims |
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Feb 14, 2008
Gov. Schwarzenegger Must Follow Through on Call to Ban Blue Cross From Using Doctors as Double-Agents to Dump Sick Patients
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Jan 09, 2008
Schwarzenegger Insurance Tax Unfair to Homeowners, Lets Insurers Off the Hook;
Insurance Interests Have Donated $3.8 Million To Schwarzenegger's Political Funds, Would Reap Benefit of Plan |
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Oct 09, 2007
Governor's Mandatory Purchase of Private Health Insurance Doesn't Add Up for the Middle-Class
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Sep 25, 2007
Governor's Office Ducks Testimony About $17 Million Deal With Schwarzenegger Donor General Motors;
State Audit, Subpoenas Called For If Gov Won't Come Clean |
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Sep 20, 2007
"Mandatory Purchase" Health Insurance Proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger & Senator Clinton Would Force 13 Million Californians to Buy Unaffordable Coverage
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Jul 19, 2007
Audit Needed to Probe Contracts to Schwarzenegger Backers;
General Motors Won Exclusive Deal After Gift to Gov |
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Jul 06, 2007
Public Records Reveal Energy Industry-Funded European Junket Emphasized Emissions Cap & Trade Programs to Gov's Greenhouse Gas Regulators
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May 09, 2007
Group Demands that Gov. Schwarzenegger Return $100,000 from Chevron;
Donation Made As State Is Gripped by Gasoline Crisis That Benefits Chevron |
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Apr 30, 2007
Schwarzenegger Address to AARP Today Is False Advertising;
Gov's Plan Makes Early Retirement Unlikely, Raises Costs for Retirees |
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Apr 25, 2007
Schwarzenegger Pulls In Over $500,000 Before High-Priced Fundraiser At Brentwood Home;
$25K from State Farm Departs from Company's Prior Refusal to Donate to Politicians |
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Mar 06, 2007
Schwarzenegger Must Veto $90 Mil Extra Election As Taxpayer Boondoggle;
Early Presidential Primary Should Be Paired With State Races Says FTCR |
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Feb 21, 2007
Medical Costs See Biggest Increase in More Than 15 Years As Policymakers Consider Requiring Californians to Buy Health Insurance
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Feb 20, 2007
Schwarzenegger, Núñez & Perata Must Guarantee Price & Quality of Health Coverage Before Requiring Californians to Buy
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Feb 15, 2007
Term Limits Initiative Targeted At $90 Mil. Extra '08 Election
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Feb 13, 2007
Politicians Approve Extra Election at $90 Mil Taxpayer Cost;
Bill Tied to Deal Extending Term Limits for Lawmakers, Governor |
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Jan 10, 2007
Gov's Health Plan Must Provide New Rules Limiting Insurer Waste To Ensure Affordability;
Rate Reviews That Saved Homeowners Nearly $500 Million in Recent Weeks Should Apply Equally to Health Insurance, Group Says |
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Jan 08, 2007
Schwarzenegger Health Plan's Success Depends On Whether Average Californians Can Afford It;
Insurer Reforms Must Be Strengthened, Not Watered Down, Says Group |
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Jan 08, 2007
Internal Documents Show Insurers Won't Sell Health Policies to Cops, Firefighters, Expectant Dads, Allergy & Acne Sufferers, etc.;
Schwarzenegger, Himself Uninsurable, Should Force CA Insurers To Sell To All Patients |
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Jan 03, 2007
Governor, Legislators Should Heed California Voters Who See Drug & Insurance Profits Driving Rise in Health Costs;
Poll Results Closely Track Group's Recommendations to Curb Insurers' Wasteful Practices |
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Dec 21, 2006
State HMO Regulator Agrees to New Rules & Hearings on Illegal Policy Cancellations;
FTCR Says New Rules Are Good News for Patients |
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Dec 21, 2006
Documents Reveal Details of Corporate-Funded Luxury Junket for Top State Officials, Spouses And Lobbyists;
Chevron Hosts Day of Meetings for Gov's Chief of Staff, Assembly Speaker and Others On "Rascals In Paradise" Tour of South America |
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Dec 18, 2006
Schwarzenegger Must Dismiss Cabinet Secretary Whose 2002 Memo Attacks Civil Servants, Group Says;
Recently Promoted Former Insurance Lobbyist Dunmoyer Will Hurt Governor's Bipartisan Push |
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Dec 13, 2006
Schwarzenegger Personnel Moves Indicate Deeper Influence of Insurance, Big Business Interests in Governor's Office;
Governor's Top Staff Includes Many With Ties to Insurance Industry and Opponents of Healthcare Reform |
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Oct 30, 2006
Consumer Advocates Call on HMO Regulator to Release Records In Wake of Allegations that the Schwarzenegger Administration Pre-approved Merger of Top Contributor
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Oct 26, 2006
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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Sep 29, 2006
Schwarzenegger Signs Pay-TV Deregulation Bill Devoid Of Consumer Protections As Telecom Money Greases Bipartisan Support
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Sep 29, 2006
Schwarzenegger Veto Allows Utility, Phone Regulators to Hold Stock in Companies They Oversee
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Aug 15, 2006
CA Report Shows Gas Prices Driven By Unplanned Outages;
Consumer Group Declares A Repeat of Energy Crisis & Says Schwarzenegger Should Not Be Soft On Refiners |
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Aug 01, 2006
Gov Candidates Asked to Stand Up for Clean Politics;
Angelides & Schwarzenegger Called On to Support Prop 89 |
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Jul 24, 2006
Schwarzenegger's Health Care Summit Ignores Key to Affordability: Crackdown On Health Insurer Overhead and Drug Company Profits
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Jul 20, 2006
"Air Force 89" Protest Plane Buzzes Schwarzenegger Fundraiser After Gov Speaks Out Against Public Financing of Elections;
Prop 89 Cleans Up Corruption of Money In Politics |
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Jun 08, 2006
Schwarzenegger's Drug Money Tops $1 million
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Jun 08, 2006
Consumer Group Applauds Atty. Gen.'s Broader Gouging Law, Urges Swift Approval in Legislature
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May 11, 2006
FTCR To Atty. Gen. Lockyer: New Data Shows Artificial Reduction In Gasoline Supply That Oil Execs Need To Answer For
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Apr 28, 2006
Chevron: Record Profits Come on the Backs of California Motorists;
Pain at the Pump Also Bankrolls Anti-Consumer Ballot Effort |
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Mar 28, 2006
FTCR Petitions Garamendi & Schwarzenegger to End Illegal Blue Cross "Retro-Active" Insurance Denials, Make Public Secret Documents
Court Cases Filed In Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties |
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Mar 16, 2006
FTCR: Sen. McCain Should Bow Out of Schwarzenegger's Beverly Hills Fund-Raiser On Moral Grounds
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Feb 22, 2006
Task Force Strengthens Voter-Approved Ethics Protections;
Pasadena Anti-Corruption Law Model For California Cities |
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Jan 03, 2006
Consumer Advocates Say Schwarzenegger's Appeal to Bush to Lift Drug Importation Ban is Meaningless;
California Bulk Purchasing is the Solution |
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Nov 09, 2005
FTCR's Statement on Californians' Rejection of Schwarzenegger's Measures and His Extra Election
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Aug 19, 2005
Schwarzenegger's Rolling Stones Fundraiser Violates Massachusetts Ticket Scalping Law
Local Consumers Can't Pay $10-$100k for Sold-Out Show, Ask to Pay Face Value |
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Jul 19, 2005
FTCR Calls on Legislature to Investigate Schwarzenegger's Financial Holdings
Gov Acted On Business Partners' Behalf On At Least 10 Bills |
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Jul 14, 2005
FTCR Calls Upon Legislative Leader To Subpoena Schwarzenegger's Tax Returns & Private Business Contracts
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Jun 13, 2005
Taxpayer Advocate Condemns Governor's $80 Million Special Election
Legislature Should Ban Governor From Calling Extra Elections for Personal Gain |
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Jun 08, 2005
Schwarzenegger's HMO Regulator Considers Giving Industry Group Authority to Conduct Audits
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May 25, 2005
Governor Schwarzenegger Sells Junk Food In Political Ads for Corporate Donors
Consumer Group Calls For Ads' Removal, Gov. To Re-Pay State |
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May 25, 2005
College Student Asks Gov Why He's "Too Chicken" to Commit to Graduation Speech
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Apr 13, 2005
Taxpayers to Arnold: Call Off The Extra Election
Governor's Nov. Election Plan Is $70 Million Campaign Finance Dodge |
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Apr 12, 2005
Schwarzenegger Donors' Fraud Could Cost California Taxpayers $400 Million
AIG's Stock Decline in Wake of Investigation Hits State Retirement Systems Hard |
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Mar 16, 2005
Group Unveils Schwarzenegger's Century Plaza Hotel "Cash Syndicate" of Big Industry Executives
Gov Will Attend Fundraiser Hosted by Syndicate Later Today |
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Mar 15, 2005
Schwarzenegger Conceals Taxpayer Cost of Security Detail
Public Records Act Request Denied By Gov, CHP |
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Mar 14, 2005
CHP Denies Public Records Act Request To Disclose Cost To Taxpayers Of Schwarzenegger's Security
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Mar 14, 2005
Warren Beatty Warns Schwarzenegger He Could Be Lunch
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Mar 04, 2005
Gov. Should Pay Legal Costs in Nurses Lawsuit & Travel Expenses for Money-Making Venture
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Mar 02, 2005
FTCR to Schwarzenegger: Fire Wilson
Japan Trip Reveals Insurmountable Conflicts of Interest |
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Mar 01, 2005
Don't Sign: Stop the Poll Tax
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Feb 27, 2005
Schwarzenegger Called "Bad Actor" For Cash Register Politics in Skies Over Oscars
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Feb 17, 2005
Questions About Schwarzenegger's Common Cause with Common Cause
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Feb 11, 2005
FTCR to Schwarzenegger: Special Election Is A Campaign Finance Dodge – Call It Off
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Feb 08, 2005
Air Arnold: New Message for the Governor In the Skies Above the Capitol During Gov's Fundraiser
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Jan 27, 2005
Schwarzenegger Kills Consumer Protections Against Cell Phone Abuses
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Dec 03, 2004
Remarks of Harvey Rosenfield to California Nurses
California State Capitol - December 1, 2004 |
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Nov 10, 2004
Schwarzenegger Called On to Protect 9 out of 10 Blue Cross Patients Who Will Pay $4 Billion Cost of WellPoint/Anthem Merger
Gov Received $140K From HMOs and Executives |
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Sep 30, 2004
Big "A" Catching Up To Dubya In Drug Money;
No Other Pol Raising As Much As Arnold |
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Aug 17, 2004
Senate Should Place Restrictions on Schwarzenegger Appointee Who Was An Insurance Lobbyist, Group Says
Special Interest Background Compromises Nominee's Neutrality on Insurance Issues at Office of Administrative Law |
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Aug 10, 2004
Consumer Groups Oppose Department of Consumer Affairs Nominee
Anti-Consumer Record Makes Former Assembly Member Zettel Ill-Suited to Lead Consumer Protection Agency |
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Jul 30, 2004
Schwarzenegger's Secrecy Assailed, Records Demanded
Consumer Group Calls for Opening Up of "California Performance Review" Process |
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Jul 23, 2004
Schwarzenegger Folds to Special Interests, OKs WellPoint/Anthem Merger; Garamendi Says "No" on Patients' Behalf
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Jun 25, 2004
Patients Hold Pork Roast & Testify at Public Hearing Criticizing CEO Slated to Receive $235.2 Million in Anthem/WellPoint Merger
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Jun 23, 2004
Schwarzenegger Administration Folds to Public Pressure, Schedules Hearing
Still Refuses to Release Details of Wellpoint/Anthem Merger |
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Jun 01, 2004
Schwarzenegger's Punitive Damage Proposal Called Red Herring;
Consumer Activist Calls For Taxing Convicted Wrongdoers' Payouts To Fill Budget Hole |
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May 26, 2004
IRS Should Investigate Schwarzenegger Political Committee As Tax & Disclosure Dodge
Gov's Group Promotes His Political Fortunes, Not Public Good, Complaint Says |
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May 26, 2004
Gov. Schwarzenegger Supporters Control Rx Group Fighting to Block Drug Reform;
FTCR Calls on Gov. to Return Campaign Contributions |
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May 24, 2004
Drug Companies Increase Lobbying by 25%, Contribute Heavily to Schwarzenegger as Legislature Debates Reform
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Apr 12, 2004
"Collectinator" Called On to Release Records Of $1.34 Billion in Uncollected Drug Rebates
FTCR submitted a Public Records Act Request for all state documents pertaining to the drug rebate program |
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Apr 07, 2004
New Analysis of 46 States and D.C. Shows California Far Below Average in Collecting Drug Rebates
"Collectinator" Failed To Collect Up To $1.3 Billion Dollars Owed By Pharmaceutical Companies – Worst in U.S. |
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Feb 10, 2004
FPPC Should Investigate Schwarzenegger's Initiative Advertisements & $2 Million Transfer, Group Says
Advertisements Fail to Disclose True Source of Funding |
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Feb 06, 2004
Schwarzenegger Should Cancel Half Million $ Fundraiser Due to $1.3 Billion Conflict with Pharmaceutical Industry
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Feb 02, 2004
FTCR Calls On Schwarzenegger To Make Consumer Protection Week Real
Gov should unfreeze rules and regs his Admin has shelved, set his first meetings with consumer groups and stand up to special interest donors |
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Jan 07, 2004
Web Log to Chart Universal Health Care Debate -- Will Schwarzenegger and the Legislature Ever Get to Cost Controls?
FTCR to track legislature's actions on health care reform |
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Dec 03, 2003
Schwarzenegger Donors Link Contributions, Budget Cuts
Group Calls on Governor to Return $, Ban Fundraising During Budget Season |
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Nov 17, 2003
Schwarzenegger Freeze On All Pending Regulations Helps Special Interests Roll Back Environmental and Consumer Protection Laws
FTCR Calls Freeze "Special Interest Coup d' Etat" |
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Nov 17, 2003
ArnoldWatch.org & Billboard Unveiled To Watch Hidden Hand Of Special Interests In Administration
Group to hold Governor accountable |
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Nov 07, 2003
Schwarzenegger Names Chamber of Commerce Lobbyist As Top Legislative Advisor
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Oct 22, 2003
Schwarzenegger Appoints HMO Lobbyist To Cabinet
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Oct 14, 2003
Gov.-elect Schwarzenegger Should Come Clean About Ken Lay Meeting Or Face Inquiry, Group Says
Energy Deregulation Agenda Criticized |
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Oct 14, 2003
Letter to Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger. Health care reform– special interest or public interest?
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Oct 10, 2003
Opponents File Referendum to Overturn SB 2; Consumer Advocate Calls on Gov. Schwarzenegger to Support the Law and A Plan to Control Costs
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Oct 03, 2003
Enron E-mails Confirm Schwarzenegger-Ken Lay Meeting
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Oct 12, 2002
10 Questions Senators Should Ask Ken Lay Even If He Takes the 5th
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Apr 04, 2001
Consumer Group Goes To Court To Terminate Schwarzenegger Restaurant Fax Assault
Launches Campaign to Combat "Junk Faxes" |
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Dec 31, 1969
Schwarzenegger Gives Thanksgiving Gift To HMO That Is His 30th Largest Donor
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