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  • Taxpayer group asks Schwarzenegger to return insurance donation

    10/12/2005 4:56:23 PM PDT · by Amerigomag · 9 replies · 189+ views
    AP State Wire ^ | October 11, 2005 | JULIET WILLIAMS,
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - A government watchdog group is calling on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign to return a $105,000 donation from the insurance industry that came the same day he vetoed a bill the group opposed. The American Insurance Association donated the money Friday, the same day the governor vetoed SB399, a bill that would have forced insurers to pay medical costs when people who are covered by Medi-Cal are injured in an accident caused by an insured driver. Medi-Cal pays those costs now. The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said such payments amount to $225 million a...