Healthcare

​​​​​​​Lawmakers Vote to Lift Veil of Secrecy About Physician Sexual Assault & Other Doctor Misconduct Causing Patient Harm

April 24, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA — Doctors on probation for sexually assaulting their patients and for other serious misconduct causing patient harm would be required to disclose this...

Atty Gen Falls Behind In Prioritizing Opioid Tracking Tool

February 6, 2018  ·  Carmen Balber

Santa Monica, CA — The California Department of Justice told the legislature today that it will delay implementation of a key technological tool for stemming...

Can Amazon, Chase and Berkshire Fix American Health Care?

January 30, 2018  ·  Jamie Court

My dry cleaner assaulted me last weekend furious about a thirty percent increase in his health insurance premiums.  Yesterday, a California Anthem policyholder, Josh Libresco, emailed me...

Trump’s Health Plan Order Could Bring Back Days of Junk Insurance

October 12, 2017  ·  Jamie Court

Santa Monica, CA — The White House’s executive order today seeking to allow for more “Association Health Plans” could turn the clock back to days...

Outrageous 35% Anthem Rate Hike Could Have Been Prevented

September 26, 2017  ·  Liza Tucker

Santa Monica, CA—Anthem is raising rates on 135,000 California consumers who buy individual polices 35 percent because California is one of the few states without...

TGIF in America Again?

September 25, 2017  ·  Jamie Court

Sharing the midday, San Francisco sunlight with Bernie Sanders Friday, I had a rare feeling these days, that everything is going to be all right....

Trump’s Decision On Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Could Hurt California Consumers

August 29, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

The Trump administration’s decision to give health insurers until Sept. 5 to file their 2018 rates will not have an effect in California. That is...

Calif. Hits Kaiser With $2.2 Million Fine For Failing To Provide Required Medicaid Data

August 29, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

California officials have again slapped health care giant Kaiser Permanente with a multimillion-dollar fine for failing to provide data on patient care to the state’s...

California Health Care Fight May Show Democratic Party Future In Trump Era

July 14, 2017  ·  Mark Reback

As Democrats gear up for the 2018 election, they confront big challenges: Polls in the last election showed a general electorate that deeply distrusted the...

How Would The American Healthcare Act Affect Californians?

July 13, 2017  ·  Evan Thomas King

WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — The Senate’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act could be voted on next week. If passed into law, how would the American Healthcare Act affect Californians? Fewer...

Single Payer Takes A Step Forward

April 28, 2017  ·  Evan Thomas King

Late Wednesday afternoon, the Senate Health Committee voted decisively to move S.B. 562 to the floor of the Senate. The Healthy California Act would establish...

After the discovery of a potentially cancerous cyst, a hospital fails to follow up with a woman who developed stage IV cancer, cutting her life short.

April 1, 2017  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-3017" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/resources_alvaradosquare.jpeg" style="width: 150px; height: 150px; float: right;" width="150" height="150" />A nagging pain in her abdomen sent Shanna Alvarado to a Kaiser hospital in Southern California in October 2010.  An ultrasound showed the origins of that pain: a complex cyst that prompted worries about cancer.  A radiologist at Kaiser noted in the hospital’s medical records that Shanna should follow up in six weeks, which is the standard protocol in such medical situations.</p>