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By Teri Sforza, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER https://www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/you-might-never-know-your-doctor-is-an-addict-if-new-bill-passes/ COLUMN: Medical Board says AB 408 is about patient protection. Bull, consumer groups respond. If the Medical Board of California has its way, you could be treated by a doctor wrestling with substance...

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https://youtu.be/4poQGlt0t1Q By Gurajpal Sangha, ABC10 https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-bill-aims-to-help-struggling-doctors/103-edabe99f-f523-4401-a0c3-b334ef119685 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are weighing a bill that would allow doctors to seek confidential treatment for substance use or mental health issues before they put patients at risk. It's a proposal supporters call compassionate, but...

Critics worry mistakes of the past are being repeated, and patients could be at risk By Harriet Blair Rowan, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/05/program-doctors-substance-use-disorders/ “Imagine if it was your mother, father, brother, sister, daughter, son or grandchild: would you want them to be operated...

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By Paul Sisson, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/05/should-doctors-with-addictions-be-allowed-to-get-confidential-treatment/ Consumer advocacy groups are opposing a bill that would create a confidential treatment program for physicians struggling with substance use and mental health disorders, rejecting claims from medical professional organizations that it would...

By Libby Rainey, LAist https://laist.com/news/health/nearly-9-years-after-a-black-mothers-death-at-cedars-sinai-advocates-say-they-havent-seen-enough-change Just hours after the birth of their second child, Charles Johnson lost his wife Kira at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in west Los Angeles. Kira Johnson was a healthy 39-year old Black woman. Her C-section took just 17...

By Jim Shields, FORT BRAGG ADVOCATE-NEWS https://www.advocate-news.com/2024/12/24/the-observer-strategic-plans-and-the-insurance-ceos-murder/ Got a kick out of the December 17th Board of Supervisors agenda. Under the heading for the County Executive Officer’s report, was the following caption: “In May 2022, the Mendocino County Board of...