News Releases

Know Your Health Care Rights: 6 Tips for California Consumers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 2, 2020  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog released a “Know Your Rights” tip sheet today outlining 6 things consumers should know about their health care cost and access rights during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Consumer Watchdog Demands that Medical Board of California Immediately Suspend Bakersfield Doctor’s Medical License: Bakersfield Patients at Risk

January 24, 2020  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Bakersfield, CA – Consumer Watchdog called on the Medical Board of California to fulfill its mission to protect health care consumers and immediately suspend the...

Family of Bakersfield Mother of Four Holds Car Wash to Raise Funds for Her Funeral; Discovers Her Doctor Has a History of Arrests and Negligence

January 17, 2020  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Bakersfield, CA – The family of 28-year-old Sabrina De La Rosa should be celebrating the birth of her baby boy Jaxx with Sabrina surrounded by...

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Supporters of the Fairness for Injured Patients Initiative Announce 307,000 Signatures Collected

January 16, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA — Supporters of the Fairness for Injured Patients Act announced today that in just five weeks they have gathered 307,000 of the petition...

Medical Negligence Survivors Launch Nov 2020 Ballot Measure Signature Drive For Proposal To Raise 1975 Compensation Cap That Was Never Adjusted

December 16, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA — Medical negligence survivors and advocates for a proposed ballot measure launched a petition signature drive for the Fairness for Injured Patients Act...

Families of Injured Patients File California Ballot Measure To Adjust $250,000 Maximum Compensation Cap Set by Politicians In 1975 That Has Never Been Updated

September 26, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA — The father of a 29-year-old man disabled for life by medical negligence when he was two and the parents of a young...

Patient Safety Advocates Say Overdose Death Investigations Critical To Protecting Patients and Reducing Dangerous Opioid Overprescribing

February 1, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

Milpitas, CA – Patient safety advocates testified to the Medical Board of California today that its initiative to investigate excessive prescribing by doctors involved in...

California Acts to Stem Opioid Overprescribing and Prevent Overdose Deaths

October 2, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Starting today, California doctors will have to check a patient’s prescription history before prescribing addictive opioids and other controlled substances. The legislation is...

California Enacts First-In-Nation Law Requiring Doctors To Tell Patients When They Are On Probation

September 19, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA — Doctors in California will have to be honest with their patients if they are on probation for sexual assault or other egregious...

First-in-Nation Bill To End Secrecy Around Doctor Sexual Assault and Other Patient Harm Passes CA Legislature

August 31, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – California would be the first state in the nation to mandate doctors tell their patients when they are disciplined for sexual assault or...

Hall of Famers RoseAnn DeMoro and Tammy Smick Join Consumer Watchdog’s Board of Directors

August 21, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

LOS ANGELES, CA — Two of America’s most effective advocates for better healthcare, patient rights and social justice, RoseAnn DeMoro and Tammy Smick, have joined...

CURES Database Will Be Vital in Preventing Opioid Deaths but Faces Powerful Special Interest Opposition

May 1, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Every doctor in California will soon be required to use the most powerful tool we have to identify and prevent opioid abuse: the state prescription...