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AMA Representative Lies to D.C. Lawmakers About Insurance Reform in California
12/7/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Advocates Demand Correction Santa Monica, CA -- The American Medical Association's campaign to enact malpractice damage caps and weaken insurance reform reached a new low in Washington, D.C. last week when an AMA lawyer lied to a legislative committee about California law. An AMA representative told a District of Columbia Council...
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Frist votes aid HCA's business interests;
12/4/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Review of 10 years in Senate shows pattern of favoring firmThe Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is pushing a "healthy America" plan that includes tax breaks to help the poor buy insurance and legal limits on excessive jury awards that Frist says hurt access to care. Frist's plan would do something else besides...
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Letters Show Frist Notified Of Stocks in 'Blind' Trusts;
10/24/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Documents Contradict Comments on HoldingsThe Washington Post Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) was given considerable information about his stake in his family's hospital company, according to records that are at odds with his past statements that he did not know what was in his stock holdings. Managers of the trusts that Frist once...
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How Many Doctors Should Be Blamed?;
10/23/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
A mother whose daughter died after Kaiser physicians missed her cancer is fighting to change a law that let the HMO report only one of the practitioners to the state.Los Angeles Times During the last five months of 1999, Robyn Libitsky went to Kaiser Permanente 13 times with complaints of piercing back pain, only to be misdiagnosed and sent away...
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GOP says Frist stock sale OK, but others disagree
10/1/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senate Republicans and a Washington lawyer said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., followed ethics laws when he sold stock shares in his family's company this summer. Jan Baran, a Washington lawyer specializing in government ethics requirements, said Sen. Frist acted within the...
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GOP Senate colleagues support Frist on HCA stock sale
9/29/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While some advocacy groups disagreed with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's explanation on selling shares of HCA, his Republican colleagues believed he would be cleared of any wrongdoing. Melanie Sloan, executive director of the liberal-oriented Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics...
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Frist's stock sale places him under ethical cloud
9/28/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON, D.C. -- By unloading some stock this year, Senate Republican leader Bill Frist may pay a high price: He has drawn a Securities Exchange Commission investigation that could damage his burgeoning presidential aspirations. Consumer groups are rattling the cage, demanding an investigation into the Tennessee...
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Frist Made At Least Two Million On Insider Stock Sale;
9/28/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
New Details On HCA Insider Knowledge Emerge Santa Monica, California -- Senator Bill Frist, now subject to a formal investigation by the SEC for insider trading, made between $2 million and $6 million by selling his HCA holdings just before stock values plummeted in the face of a bad earnings report, according to an analysis released today by the...
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Frist Addresses Sale of Stock in Family's Healthcare Company;
9/27/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
The Senate majority leader's divestment before a price drop faces two federal probes. SEC Chairman Cox will not take part in the inquiry.Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In his first public comments about two federal investigations into the sale of his stock in the healthcare company HCA, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) insisted...
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SEC Chair Steps Aside, But Independent Observer Still Needed to Ensure Transparency In Frist HCA Stock Sale Investigation
9/26/2005
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Santa Monica, California -- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Chris Cox's recusal from the investigation into Senator Bill Frist's stock trades highlights the need for Congress to appoint an independent observer to ensure a through, transparent inquiry of the sale, said the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR). FTCR sent...
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