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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...

By Kristen Hwang, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/health/2024/12/medical-board-addiction-recovery/ California doctors struggling with addiction often don't want anyone to find out, especially the state board that has the power to revoke their medical license. "Doctors are afraid of the medical board," said Dr. Greg Skipper,...