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Consumer Watchdog Supports the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355) 119th Congress
No other industry, aside from healthcare, keeps its customers in the dark about the costs of products and services before they commit to purchasing them....
Consumer Watchdog Sets the Record Straight on the Patient Safety Risks of Medical Board of California’s AB 408
For its quarterly meeting today in San Diego, the Medical Board of California provided an update regarding AB 408 (Berman), a bill aimed at re-establishing...
California’s Central Valley is the Focus of a $17 Million Investment in Improving Maternity Outcomes for Medi-Cal Members
Consumer Watchdog turned its attention to the urgent maternal mortality crisis in California’s Central Valley 5 years ago during the Micra cap campaign. Throughout this...
Reform of Medical Malpractice Cap Is Working, Support Patient Protection
Over the past five years, KOPE has organized, mentored and trained a cohort of more than 100 patient advocates across the state of California
California Medical Board Votes to Back Legislation to Reduce Accountability, Increase Secrecy for Substance Abusing Doctors
The Public Calls on Legislature to Maintain Existing Law Protecting Consumers A complete reversal by the Medical Board of California regarding disclosure and accountability in...
Patients’ call for Medical Board reform is front-and-center in Sacramento
Two years ago, and four years before that, and at every legislative review of the Medical Board of California in recent memory, Californians have turned...
Advocates from Across the State Testify in Pursuit of Medical Board Reform
At its Quarterly Board meeting last week, multiple members of the state board that regulates doctors for the first time seriously acknowledged activists’ call for...
Consumer Watchdog and Its Volunteer Team of Advocates Fight for Babies’ Rights at the Osteopathic Medical Board
Consumer Watchdog and a volunteer team of advocates attended and participated in last week’s Osteopathic Medical Board Quarterly meeting to testify on issues with the...
Physician Licensing Boards Face Executive Director Leadership Changes at Year End
The Executive Director of the Medical Board of California William Prasifka announced his resignation last week stating that his last day will be December 30,...
Consumer Watchdog and Its Volunteer Team of Advocates Join Forces at First in Person Medical Board of California Meeting
The Medical Board of California brought their first in-person Quarterly Board meeting, since the pandemic, to Los Angeles this month. Consumer Watchdog and our team...
Families of Injured Patients Reflect on Fight to Reform Medical Board: Governor Signs Bill that Does Not Meet Needs of the Public
Once again, the medical lobby’s stranglehold on the legislature ensured that bad doctors will not be held accountable by the Medical Board of California. Every...