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Protecting Patients

Medical Malpractice

Patients across the country are fighting for the right to take an incompetent doctor, or a negligent hospital, to court when they’re injured by medical mistakes.

Watch their stories at our dedicated site – JusticeForPatients.org

Insurance companies, hospitals and doctors spend millions of dollars lobbying to limit their accountability for negligence and medical errors.

They claim that lawsuits by injured patients drive up doctors' medical malpractice insurance premiums, and that only limiting patients' rights will keep them under control. We know that greedy insurers - NOT injured patients seeking justice - are to blame for driving up the cost of medical malpractice insurance.

Consumer Watchdog fights to protect your right to hold medical providers accountable for their mistakes.

Read the report: We prove that insurance reform and strong regulation is the best way to keep medical malpractice insurance premiums under control.
Count the savings: Consumer Watchdog saved doctors $66 million by blocking unjustified malpractice insurance rate increases in California
Comb through the smoking gun documents: Even the insurance industry admits that limiting patient rights doesn’t lower insurance premiums

Have you been affected by medical malpractice, negligence or mistreatment at the hands of a healthcare provider? Please tell us your story.

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Is Congress deaf? Or does insurers' money just speak louder?

June 29, 2009 | Posted by Judy Dugan

Congress is taking a holiday week off, heading home to wave flags and eat hot dogs. Some listening is in order, too. The latest national poll tells us that a whopping 70-plus percent of Americans want a health reform choice that lets them snub the giant insurance conglomerates that miserably abuse their customers.

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June 24, 2009 | Posted by John M. Simpson

Dr. Marie Csete has resigned as chief science officer at California's stem cell agency effective Aug. 1 after a little more than a year with the organization. I'd say her departure after such a short tenure -- and with no clear indication of where she is headed next -- speaks volumes about CIRM's management. Or should I say, mismanagement.

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June 24, 2009 | Posted by Jamie Court

Nebraska's Democratic United States Senator Ben Nelson is one of the holdouts on national health care reform. He had a hard time resisting the testimony of the former CIGNA executive who went to Congress today to tell of the industry's less than honest practices.

More red flags flying on Mass. health care plan

June 24, 2009 | Posted by Carmen Balber

Massachusetts, where all citizens must prove they have health insurance or pay a $1,000 average fine, continues to scale back health coverage for the lowest-income residents who receive state subsidies for private insurance...

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June 19, 2009 | Posted by: Carmen Balber

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