|
Date |
FCAN Press Releases
Note - files here are pdf unless otherwise noted.
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| May 8, 2012 |
New Report ShowsDevastating Effects If Student Loan Rate Increases
Florida Study from Campus Progress
Release
PDF
WORD |
| Mar 19, 2012 |
Car Buying Services - Are They Really Free?
PDF
WORD |
| Feb 9, 2012 |
Ross Walk a Day In My Shoes - Press Advisory - Extend unemployment benefits
PDF
WORD |
| Feb 6, 2012 |
Storm
Clouds Gather Over Florida Insurers - Wall St Journal - FCAN supports
reducing the Cat Fund, lowering subsidies to private insurers, as long as
rate impact is minimal |
| Dec 13, 2011 |
Myths vs Facts on Ticket Selling - Protect your rights to own and sell your
ticket.
PDF
Word |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
PIP - FCAN releases new PIP study showing OIR data may be flawed. Read the
news release (.docx) and download
the study (pdf). |
| Nov 29, 2011 |
FCAN and consumer allies oppose HB 67 and SB 336 on debt settlement.
High fees are unfair to consumers.
Word
PDF |
| March 9, 2011 |
2000 Tampa Residents Rally at ‘Awake The
State’ Against Governor Scott’s Devastating
Budget Proposal Unions, Community Groups Stand United |
| Oct 6, 2010 |
FCAN 2010 Candidate Endorsements |
| Sept 13, 2010 |
Recognizing Senator Nelson's
Stand Against Big
Oil Bailouts -- Senator Nelson has taken a stand against feeding
Big Oil taxpayer money to the most profitable companies in the world. |
| Feb 2, 2010 |
FCAN Opposes Reinsurance Tax --
CCIR press release
-- FCAN and the Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates oppose new
proposals that would raise insurance rates for Floridians. |
| Jan 28, 2010 |
FCAN Response to State of the Union
Word
PDF |
| July 30, 2009 |
Anti-Competitive and Anti-Consumer Insurance
Tax Bill Introduced
Broad
Coalition of Companies and Consumers Stand Opposed to Legislation
|
| July 6, 2009 |
FCAN and Citizens for Tax Justice release report "Paying for
Health Care Reform," detailing how to pay for health care reform.
Press release (Word) CTJ report (pdf) |
| May 20, 2009 |
Florida Health Plan Premiums Soar As Insurers Face Less Competition (PDF) |
| Feb 23,2009 |
Next Step: Health
Care Press release and report on why we need
health care reform in
Florida and the grassroots mobilization that is going on currently going
on. From HCAN. |
| July 8, 2008 |
FCAN Health Care for America
Now (HCAN) Press release (Word)
FCAN Health Care for America Now (HCAN)
Press release (PDF)
HCAN
Statement of Common Purpose
(Word)
HCAN
Statement of Common Purpose (PDF)
|
| Nov 14,2007 |
Press
release Veterans Benefits (Word)
Veterans Benefits
and America's Priorities (PDF) |
| Nov 6,2007 |
FCAN
releases SCHIP ad in Orlando |
| August, 2007 |
Cost of
War to Florida |
| July, 2007 |
Medicare Advantage Wastes Millions Press Release
Florida Medicare
Advantage Report
|
| May 11, 2007 |
Consumer Groups Oppose Cable Bill H 529 |
| March 30, 2007 |
Consumer groups list
anti-consumer bills (in Word format) |
| March 21, 2007 |
Florida Readiness Report - Is Florida's National Guard ready to respond
to a crisis in Florida? |
| Feb 6, 2007 |
Upside Down
Budget Priorities - FCAN responds to Bush's 2008 budget |
| May 26, 2006 |
FCAN_CAJ_CFA Credit Scoring Press Release
|
| Feb 9,2006 |
FCAN Announces Support of Klein
Insurance Bill (MS
Word document) |
| Jan 23, 2006 |
Protect Cell Phone Privacy (MS Word document) |
| Dec.14, 2005 |
Peace
Vigil on IRAQ WAR & Impact
on Social Service
Cuts - Spring
Hill |
| Dec.14, 2005 |
Candlelight Vigil for a Moral Budget-Sarasota |
|
Nov. 23, 2005 |
FCAN Statement on PIP to Florida House Insurance Committee (Word) |
| Nov 2, 2005 |
Emergency Campaign for
America’s Priorities
goes to New College |
| Oct. 21,2005 |
Consumers Question FPL Power Plant
Word version |
| Oct. 20, 2005 |
Consumers Question
North Florida Power Plant
Word version |
| Oct. 12, 2005 |
Clean Up Crystal River Power Plant
Word
version
TRI data |
| Aug 22,2005 |
Small insurers, Regulators take chance firms can be solvent |
| Aug 4, 2005 |
Shaw, Foley lobbied with Social Security Cakes |
| Mar 21, 2005 |
FCAN Executive Director named to NAIC consumer panel (Word) |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
FCAN
Opposes Citizens Property Insurance Rate Hikes (Word) |
| Mar. 14, 2004 |
National Association of
Insurance Commissioners names FCAN Executive
Director to Advisory Board
- NAIC Press release |
| Dec. 15, 2003 |
Holding the Line on Phone Rates FCAN op-ed published in Florida
Today The PSC should lower the "wholesale" rates paid by competitors
to
use parts of the phone network, instead of raising residential rates. |
| Dec. 10, 2003 |
Eliminating Hometown Hazards
Cutting Chemical Risks at Wastewater
Treatment Plants. FCAN participated
in collecting data for this study with
Environmental Defense
Press
Release |
| Nov. 20, 2003 |
Prescription Deal Hurts Floridians, Medicare -- Press Release
Word
Medicare FL Report - Drug Companies to Make Billions -
Institute for America's Future
Letter To Sen. Graham from Fl Organizations
Word Version |
| Sept. 15, 2003 |
The Medicare Bait and Switch Congress promises to help Medicare
beneficiaries by covering prescription drugs BUT Medicare
beneficiaries in Florida will pay more under proposed reforms! |
| Aug 21, 2003 |
Seniors Deserve
Better Prescription Drug Coverage
Word version
Bilirakis protest rally |
| Aug 8, 2003 |
Medical
Malpractice Deal Bad For Consumers
Word
version |
| Aug 7, 2003 |
Katherine Harris
Town Hall meeting -- FCAN - ARA - SEIU -
protest prescription drug
benefits |
| July 13, 2003 |
Who's Taking a Risk Here? opinion by FCAN published on page 1,
Orlando Sentinel Sunday Insight section |
| July 3, 2003 |
Insurers Seek Cap On Mold Claims - Orlando Sentinel |
| May 29, 2003 |
State Farm Trailer Premium Hike Unjustified
Word version |
| May 22, 2003 |
Physicians oppose caps
-- AP wire story about new physician group |
| May 14, 2003 |
Docs Need a New
Lobbyist - editorial
Word version
(published in Florida Today, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Key West
Citizen, and Bradenton Herald) |
| May 7, 2003 |
Jacksonville Doc Strike Misguided
Press Release |
| Dec 14, 2002 |
Be
Careful What You Wish For - opinion by FCAN and Americans For
Insurance Reform, the story of insurance company lobbyist Frank Cornelius,
published in the Tallahassee Democrat and Tampa Tribune |
