Healthcare

After a failure to run a blood test during chemotherapy, 20-year-old Shawn Rial dies of an infection with his immune system too weak to fight it.

April 20, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

<img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2974" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_shawn_rial.png" style="width: 200px; height: 201px; float: right;" width="419" height="421" />Two months after his cancerous testical was removed, 20-year-old Shawn Rial underwent a week of inpatient chemotherapy. His family was told testicular cancer was one of the most treatable forms of cancer and he had a 90 percent chance of survival as he was only in stage 2.

Doctor ignored ever frequent contractions from overdue expecting mother. After being sent home numerous times, her daughter is stillborn

April 19, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

<img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2970" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_beth__lehna.png" style="width: 170px; height: 172px; float: right;" width="419" height="425" />Beth Stover, 40, was past her due date when she went in for a stress test to determine if labor should be induced. A technician noticed Beth was having contraction and Beth was sent home and told she should not be surprised if she were to deliver the baby soon.

A toddler shows signs of a congenital heart disease and signs of high blood pressure. But when going into surgery the Doctor ignores the elevated risks and installs a device that malfunctions, leading to her premature death

April 19, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

Girl is misdiagnosed as having the flu, so her pneumonia goes untreated, leading to her death

April 19, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

<img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2967" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_daniela_zelig.png" style="width: 225px; height: 231px; float: right;" width="427" height="438" />She had a fever, vomiting and shortness of breath. But when her mom took 10-year-old Daniela Zelig to the hospital, doctors took a look and sent her home. She was one of the last patients seen by urgent care doctors that day in March 2012 in Kaiser’s Baldwin Park Medical Center.

Woman goes in for abdominal surgery and contracts a flesh eating disease, exacerbated by a negligent doctor

April 18, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

<img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2965" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_alicia-cole.jpg" style="width: 190px; height: 238px; float: right;" width="400" height="500" />Alicia Cole was a successful actress in Los Angeles for decades. A Los Angeles native, she had spent many years working in the entertainment industry and 19 years as a member of the Screen Actors’ Guild. But after the discovery of uterine fibroids she worried how an invasive surgery would affect her career.

Infant suffers from whooping cough during epidemic. But after a series of hospital visits doctors refuse to run tests that would have uncovered the illness leading to her death

April 18, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

Bill Requiring Disciplined Physicians to Notify Patients Advances in Sacramento

April 12, 2016 · Mark Reback

Doctors who are on probation after being disciplined by state regulators would have to share that information with patients before providing care under a bill making its way through the state Senate. The measure, which would apply to physicians, podiatrists, acupuncturists and chiropractors, was passed by the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee this week.

Dave Regan, Key To Minimum Wage Fight, Divides Labor Family

April 10, 2016 · Mark Reback

On the day Gov. Jerry Brown gathered last week in Los Angeles with legislators and union members to sign a bill raising California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022, Dave Regan was calculating the payoff for workers at his health care union’s office in Oakland. His organization, representing 85,000 hospital employees, spent about $1.6 million to qualify a minimum wage initiative for the fall ballot.

Once a woman is rushed to the hospital with diverticulitis, she sustains a laceration on her artery leading to her death. But her low income status ensures her family will not be compensated for the injustice.

April 8, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

A mentally disabled woman goes into a hospital for abdomen pain. But a failure to diagnose sepsis, a dangerous cocktail of drugs, and an nonexistent “Do Not Resuscitate” order leads to her death.

April 8, 2016 · Evan Thomas King

Anthem-Cigna Merger Proposal Takes A Grilling

March 30, 2016 · Mark Reback

SAN FRANCISCO — State insurance commissioner Dave Jones continued to make his skepticism clear regarding Anthem Inc.’s proposed $54.2 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp. during a hearing here on Tuesday. Company executives faced Jones and a panel of physicians and consumer advocates who questioned the benefits the companies say the acquisition will bring. The Department of Insurance hearing took a more pressing tone than a related hearing held by the Department of Managed Health Care earlier this month.

Anthem-Cigna Health Care Megamerger Under Scrutiny

March 28, 2016 · Mark Reback

Anthem Inc.’s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., which would create the country’s largest health insurer, faces scrutiny Tuesday as state regulators hold a public hearing in San Francisco to address concerns about the megamerger. The hearing comes a week after state regulators approved the merger of HealthNet and Missouri’s Centene Corp. That significantly smaller, $7 billion deal went largely unopposed.

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After a failure to run a blood test during chemotherapy, 20-year-old Shawn Rial dies of an infection with his immune system too weak to fight it.

Doctor ignored ever frequent contractions from overdue expecting mother. After being sent home numerous times, her daughter is stillborn

A toddler shows signs of a congenital heart disease and signs of high blood pressure. But when going into surgery the Doctor ignores the elevated risks and installs a device that malfunctions, leading to her premature death

Girl is misdiagnosed as having the flu, so her pneumonia goes untreated, leading to her death

Woman goes in for abdominal surgery and contracts a flesh eating disease, exacerbated by a negligent doctor

Infant suffers from whooping cough during epidemic. But after a series of hospital visits doctors refuse to run tests that would have uncovered the illness leading to her death

Bill Requiring Disciplined Physicians to Notify Patients Advances in Sacramento

Dave Regan, Key To Minimum Wage Fight, Divides Labor Family

Once a woman is rushed to the hospital with diverticulitis, she sustains a laceration on her artery leading to her death. But her low income status ensures her family will not be compensated for the injustice.

A mentally disabled woman goes into a hospital for abdomen pain. But a failure to diagnose sepsis, a dangerous cocktail of drugs, and an nonexistent “Do Not Resuscitate” order leads to her death.

Anthem-Cigna Merger Proposal Takes A Grilling

Anthem-Cigna Health Care Megamerger Under Scrutiny

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