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...clients to bring unnecessary suits. Consumer activists replied that insurers were still making healthy profits in the state and noted that companies were able to spend $70 million to fight Proposition 103 and promote alternatives on the ballot. (The measure's sponsors, led by Rosenfield and consumer advocate Ralph Nader, spent $2.3 million to get it passed...
...Ralph Nader-backed consumer group called Voter Revolt to Cut Insurance Rates is pushing for Proposition 103, which would slash rates 20% and force companies to win regulatory approval before raising prices again. The insurance companies are staunchly opposed to any new government regulation. The measure would also prohibit firms from charging unusually high premiums solely on the basis of location (see illustration...
Despite the potential for confusion, the outcome may be an uncomplicated win for the Nader-backed Proposition 103. In a statewide poll, 80% of those surveyed said they would reject any initiative backed by the insurance industry and 82% opposed any measure supported by lawyers...
Robert Weissman '88-89, director of Harvard Watch, founded last year under the auspices of Ralph Nader to critique University policy in a variety of areas, says Harvard's decision to give marketing rights to DuPont Chemicals is in opposition to its stated policies in favor of the free flow of scientific information. DuPont provided the bulk of the funding for the Med School's mouse project...
Activists have made the argument in the past few months that the disagreement over a Board vote goes back to the original Charter and the legal role of the Board. Robert Weissman '88-89, director of the Ralph Nader-sponsored Harvard Watch, wrote a report to the Overseers in March arguing that the Board should resurrect its rights and vote on divestment...