Healthcare

Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force

March 3, 2026  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Medical Board of California Responds to the Public’s Request for Maternal Mortality Project Announcing Plan for Maternal Mortality Task Force Los Angeles, CA – The Medical...

Goodbye Patch

February 4, 2026  ·  Annette Ramirez

Remembering Annette Ramirez’s Dedicated Service Dog Patch Consumer Watchdog Campaign Board Member and Patient Safety Advocate Annette Ramirez is heartbroken to share the news of...

Bakersfield OB/GYN Fails Competency Exam: Repeat Offender Doctor Can No Longer Practice Medicine

January 14, 2026  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Bakersfield, CA – The Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) and the Attorney General’s office have ordered Bakersfield OB/GYN Hans Chunghan Yu D.O. to cease...

Consumer Watchdog Supports the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355) 119th Congress

October 7, 2025  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

No other industry, aside from healthcare, keeps its customers in the dark about the costs of products and services before they commit to purchasing them....

Consumer Watchdog Sets the Record Straight on the Patient Safety Risks of Medical Board of California’s AB 408

August 21, 2025  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

For its quarterly meeting today in San Diego, the Medical Board of California provided an update regarding AB 408 (Berman), a bill aimed at re-establishing...

Consumer Alert Promotes SB 29’s Support For Rights Of Survivors Of Medical Negligence, Debunks Argument of Increased Costs

August 20, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA – A new Consumer Alert video from Consumer Watchdog features a mother whose son died at the age of 20 due to gross...

Bill To Create Secret Doctor Drug Treatment Program Will Not Move Forward This Year

July 15, 2025  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – A bill that would have put patients at risk from doctors who practice medicine while abusing drugs or alcohol will not move forward...

Legislation Allowing Medical Negligence Survivors To Recover Pre-death Pain And Suffering Passes the Assembly Judiciary Committee, Data Shows No Increase In Costs From Measure

July 8, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA – Legislation that allows survivors of medical negligence to continue to recover damages for the pain and suffering of their loved ones before they...

California Senate Committee Advances Bill to Expose Patients to Doctor Substance Abuse

July 7, 2025  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Sacramento, CA – Despite pleas from families throughout California, who have voiced their concerns about exposing patients to substance-abusing doctors, the Senate Business & Professions Committee advanced AB...

The Decision is In: Administrative Law Judge and Osteopathic Medical Board Issue Probation Against Bakersfield OB/GYNs License 

July 3, 2025  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Physician Discipline is Linked to Multiple Baby Deaths and Harm Bakersfield, CA – After multiple death complaints were filed for the deaths of mothers, babies, and...

Extension of Pre-death Pain and Suffering Damages Passes the CA Senate; Continues Rights of Medical Malpractice Survivors To Collect For Lost Loved One’s Pain and Suffering

June 5, 2025  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA – Legislation that allows survivors of medical negligence to continue to recover damages for the pain and suffering of their loved ones before they...

California Assembly Advances Bill to Expose Patients to Doctor Substance Abuse

May 28, 2025  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – A bill that will put patients at risk from doctors who continue practicing while abusing drugs or alcohol passed off the floor of...