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Tort reform: Just an effort to shift responsibility
If you haven’t already, go check out Jim Marcinkowski‘s op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press dissecting “tort reform” — what it really is, and what it really means. In a nutshell, Marcinkowski, a...
View ArticleAnthem drops rate-hike request that drew outrage
Well, Steve Poizner‘s gubernatorial campaign might be a little rickety, but you have to give the guy credit for diligence in handling the Anthem Blue Cross rate hike request — you remember, the one...
View ArticleLargest U.S. health insurer sees profit rise 51%
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: WellPoint, which provides health insurance to more Americans than any other company, reported its profit increased 51% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same...
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California’s Tort Wars: Election Day by the numbers
The battle between corporations and consumer attorneys over the fate of the civil justice system raged into the spring election primary season with a few key showdown legislative races – and a couple...
View ArticleLegislative panel supports radiation protection
An Assembly committee approves Padilla measure on a bipartisan vote, but lobbyists for hospitals and radiologists warn that provisions could put scare in patients who can be helped.
View ArticleCorporate interests win: Salas concedes to Vargas
Assembly member Mary Salas, who had sought a recount in the razor-thin results in the State Senate District 40 Democratic primary, apparently has conceded the race to her rival, former Assembly member...
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Lawmakers bid to close loopholes on malfunctioning med devices
We have all heard the horror stories. Artificial hips that grind and pop inside the human body. Internal heart defibrillators meant to save lives that instead go haywire and cause harm. Organ pumps...
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