Consumer Watchdog

Statement by Bob Pack, Author of Proposition 46

DANVILLE, CA – Bob Pack, the author of Proposition 46 who lost his two children Troy and Alana due to medical negligence,…

Nov 4, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Ryan Peterson

LOS ANGELES, CA: According to Dr. Peterson’s own admission, he had developed a crystal meth habit while in medical school. Dr. Peterson…

Nov 3, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Carl Bergstrom

CARMEL, CA: Dr. Bergstrom was arrested based on a report of sexual assault after a night of drinking.

Oct 31, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Jose Luis Flores

FRESNO, CA: Dr. Flores had a history of arrests for domestic violence, possession of narcotics, and being under the influence -- including…

Oct 30, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Mary Vreeke

MURRIETA, CA: In July 2013, Dr. Vreeke was on duty, working as an anesthesiologist. Unfortunately, she was also impaired on a drug…

Oct 29, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Barbara Boxer’s Yes on Prop 46 TV Ad Earns “A-” From Civility Project; No Campaign Ad Called Out For Hypocrisy, Gets “C”

San Diego, CA - Today the Civility Project, an organization that evaluates political advertisements, awarded the Yes on 46 campaign an A-…

Oct 29, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Michael Trindle

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- After suspicious behavior and inconsistencies were revealed in a routine audit of controlled substances, Dr. Trindle was asked…

Oct 28, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Stacey Hoffmann

CENTRAL VALLEY, CA: In 2008, Dr. Hoffmann was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic. She was pulled over and a…

Oct 27, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Melvin Gurney

SANTA ROSA, CA: In 2008, two of Dr. Gurney's employees reported that he was ordering large quantities of multiple controlled substances, on…

Oct 24, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Scott Greer

SAN DIEGO, CA: An admitted alcoholic, Dr. Greer has had a long history of alcohol abuse, having started drinking when he was…

Oct 23, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know – Dr. Thomas Goldenberg

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA: In 2007, Dr. Goldenberg was first found to be high while on duty. A nurse heard him slurring…

Oct 22, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm – The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Yessennia Candelaria

SACRAMENTO, CA: Based on complaints that Dr. Candelaria was providing anesthesia in her husband's office without the requisite training, the Medical Board…

Oct 21, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Michael Chiarottino

MARIN, CA: In January 1990, Dr. Chiarottino’s license was placed on five years probation when the Medical Board found that he had…

Oct 15, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Jan Adams

BEVERLY HILLS, CA: As reported earlier this week by the Orange County Register, last Friday, October 10, 2014, the Medical Board revoked…

Oct 14, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm” The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against ”Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Nathan Kuemmerle

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Dr. Kuemmerle, a methamphetamine addict, was the most prolific prescriber of Adderall and the second-highest prescriber of narcotics…

Oct 12, 2014

Accountability

Activists See Link Between Over-Prescribing Of Opioid Painkillers And Increase In Overdoses

By Cynthia H. Craft, SACRAMENTO BEE October 10, 2014 https://www.sacbee.com/article2673902.html Alex Smick’s agonizing, fateful slide toward death by prescription drugs began with…

Oct 10, 2014

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Doctors That Harm The Real Stories Insurance Companies Against Prop 46 Don’t Want You To Know: Dr. Brian West

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA: Dr. West was a plastic surgeon with complaints of negligence and dishonesty filed by at least six severely deformed…