11. But the bill also establishes new protections on data obtained by the government from the companies, which consumer advocates complained about bitterly. 12. But use of the room was discontinued after child advocates complained it was cruel and unusual punishment. 13. Consumer advocates complain that profit-driven managed-care providers often deny care to the chronically ill. 14. Consumer advocates have long complained that the California utilities use too much of their profit to fund the unregulated businesses. 15. Consumer advocates complain of conflicts of interest, such as executives who stand to gain financially from the sale of their hospital. 16. Consumer advocates have long complained that federal officials lacked the resources to deal with the hundreds of thousands of complaints rolling in as self-insured health plans proliferated. 17. Consumer advocates often complain that Americans pay higher prices for their prescriptions than patients anywhere else in the world. 18. Consumer advocates complained that such increases have an unequal effect on the long-distance market. 19. Consumer advocates complain that both corporations and states make only a token effort to find owners, preferring to keep the money themselves. 20. Farmworker advocates have long complained about sexual exploitation of women workers by foremen, who have broad power to hire and fire individual laborers each season. |