Healthcare

Families of Injured Patients Reflect on Fight to Reform Medical Board: Governor Signs Bill that Does Not Meet Needs of the Public

October 19, 2021  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

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...

Families of Injured Patients Call for Medical Board and Medical Negligence Cap Reform

September 22, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Today’s CBS This Morning special investigation makes a damning case for reform of physician oversight and legal accountability in California.  The segment documents how...

Lawmakers Preserve Status Quo, Add Secrecy, to Medical Board That, According to Los Angeles Times, “Keeps Negligent Doctors In Business”

July 14, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Fairness Act on November 2022 Ballot Will Restore Accountability That Medical Board Does Not Provide Injured Patients Sacramento, CA – California lawmakers threw away another...

“Never Events” Documentary Makes Streaming Debut This Week Showcasing Lives Destroyed by Unjust Medical Negligence Cap and Medical Harm

July 1, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – The must-see documentary “Never Events,” that follows the journey of multiple families who fought for change after suffering lifelong harm or loss...

Doctor Lobby Guts Bill to Make Medical Board More Accountable to Public, Showing Need for Fairness Act On November 2022 Ballot

June 1, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

NEWS UPDATE: June 3, 2021 At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Medical Board of California voted to only support SB 806 if it is amended...

California Lawmakers Answer Injured Patients’ Call for Reform, Propose Nation’s First Public Member Majority Medical Board

May 26, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – California lawmakers have moved legislation to the Senate Floor to make California the first state in the nation whose Medical Board has...

National Report Ranks California Medical Board 33rd Worst in Discipline, As Lawmakers Offer Tough Critique of Board’s Oversight of Dangerous Doctors

April 8, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – California is worse than two-thirds of states in the country when it comes to disciplining doctors whose negligence or incompetence causes patients...

Families Harmed By Medical Negligence To Testify Doctor-Run Medical Board Is Not Protecting the Public from Harm, Call for Public Member-Majority Board

March 18, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog and a dozen Fairness for Injured Patients campaign advocates who were harmed by medical negligence and failed by the Medical Board...

Rate Regulation: The Rx For Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates

March 17, 2021  ·  Mark Reback

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Racial Justice Groups Endorse Fairness Act to Reform Medical Negligence Law, Call on Governor Newsom and Legislature to Act

February 9, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Manteca, CA — A coalition of Central Valley racial justice groups announced their endorsement of the Fairness for Injured Patients Act, the 2022 ballot initiative to...

History of Positions Undermining Patient Safety Disqualify Former Leaders of Doctors’ Lobby For Seats on CA Medical Board, Patients Harmed by Medical Negligence to Testify

February 3, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Two former leaders of the California Medical Association should be rejected as nominees to the Medical Board of California for their records...

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Gov. Newsom to Withdraw Nomination of Dr. Richard Thorp, Former Head of the Doctors’ Lobby, to Board Charged with Protecting Patient Safety

January 13, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog renewed its call for Governor Gavin Newsom to withdraw the nomination of Dr. Richard Thorp, former president of the doctors’...