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Santa Monica, CA -- An audit of the state stem cell agency by California’s Controller ignores fundamental flaws in Proposition 71 that created the agency, Consumer Watchdog said today.
The audit released by State Controller...
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State Controller John Chiang said an audit of the state's stem cell grant program found its conflict-of-interest policies, grant administration, administrative expenses and expenditures conform with the voter-approved ballot measure that created...
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State universities and community colleges got an invitation last week to join California's stem cell research program.
A committee overseeing the $3 billion program voted on Tuesday to appropriate $18 million to train...
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UCLA, USC and UC Irvine are among the research centers getting $227 million to build laboratories.
California's voter-created stem cell institute is expected to award $227 million in grants today to seed a laboratory...
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Madison, WI -- With the stated goal of capturing 10 percent of the stem cell technology market by 2015, Gov. Jim Doyle used a 2006 visit to the Medical College of Wisconsin to announce an important executive order. It directed the state...
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Santa Monica, CA -- In the wake of last week's announcement by Governor Schwarzenegger and state regulators that health insurers would be required to reinstate 26 patients whose health policies were wrongfully cancelled, Consumer...
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State to Review Canceled Health Insurance Policies -- The action, which affects thousands of Californians, is the boldest yet in dealing with companies' practice of rescinding coverage of sick policyholders.
Thousands...
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SACRAMENTO, CA -- The state Department of Managed Health Care ordered the policies of 26 consumers immediately reinstated and opened the door to potentially reversing policy cancellations for thousands of more Californians deemed to have been...
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- One week after consumer advocates complained of inaction, state regulators announced Thursday that they will force three of the state's largest health plans to reinstate 26 patients who have had their medical coverage...
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State regulators to review thousands of similar cases
State regulators ordered on Thursday the immediate reinstatement of 26 health insurance policies for consumers who were wrongly stripped of them, marking the...
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Controller's Stem Cell Agency Audit Ignores California Agency's Built-in Flaws
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