Annette Ramirez
As she walked into the hospital on August 1, 2012, Annette Ramirez was nervous. At age 48, she was about to have the first surgery...
Patient Safety
Patients’ call for Medical Board reform is front-and-center in Sacramento
Two years ago, and four years before that, and at every legislative review of the Medical Board of California in recent memory, Californians have turned...
Advocates from Across the State Testify in Pursuit of Medical Board Reform
At its Quarterly Board meeting last week, multiple members of the state board that regulates doctors for the first time seriously acknowledged activists’ call for...
KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA: Consumer Advocates Applaud Newsom Signing Bill Raising Medical Malpractice Damages Cap in California
By Emily Valdez, KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA May 22, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Jamie...
Medical Malpractice Deal Could Replace Ballot Measure, Still Raise Monetary Awards
By Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang, CALMATTERS April 27, 2022 Medical malpractice deal becomes law, averting costly ballot battle A measure slated for California’s...
The Medical Board of California and State Legislators Fail to Protect Consumers
By Sasha Lauren, CITY WATCH LA December 9, 2021 https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/wellness/23253-the-medical-board-of-california-and-state-legislators-fail-to-protect-consumers MEDICAL WATCH – If a doctor harms you or kills a loved one, what recourse...
Medical Negligence Caps Harm Women of Color
WOMEN OF COLOR are disproportionately harmed by California’s outdated limits on compensation for patients injured by medical negligence. Systemic inequities in our health care system mean women of...
‘We Will Not Rest’: March For Justice As Alleged Medical Negligence Case In Manteca Continues
By Laura S. Diaz, THE STOCKTON RECORD February 12, 2021 https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/local/2021/02/12/manteca-march-seeks-medical-negligence-justice/6730065002/ MANTECA — Shawn Washington III was coughing up blood and having difficulty breathing when he sought...
Adjusting California’s Malpractice Cap Will Not Increase Doctors’ Insurance Premiums
Medical malpractice insurance premiums increased more quickly in states that enacted caps than in states that did nothing. A national analysis for Americans for Insurance...
Reforming California’s Malpractice Cap is a Racial Justice Issue
People of Color Disproportionately Harmed by Medical Negligence & Limits on Compensation California’s 45-year-old cap on compensation for patients harmed and killed by medical...
California’s 45-Year-Old Limits on Patient Rights Must Be Updated
In 1975, the legislature placed a series of limits on injured patients’ legal rights. Most prominent among the law’s restrictions was a $250,000 cap on...