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Blog Post
10/1/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog joined six other national consumer and patient safety groups to pubish an open letter ad to Congress today opposing any effort to sacrifice innocent Americans injured by cost-cutting hospitals and negligent doctors in the quest for health care reform.
The ad ran in Politico, The Hill and Roll Call today. Download it here.
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News Story
9/21/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Wayne Volkmuth learned what a "250 case" was while conducting research shortly after the loss of his 7-year-old son, Ryan, who died three years ago during a dental procedure at a Palo Alto clinic.
The "250" refers to $250,000, the most Volkmuth could recover in a medical malpractice claim over his disabled son's death, a limit...
News Release
9/9/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Washington, D.C. -- President Obama should not make innocent Americans injured by cost-cutting hospitals and negligent doctors a political sacrifice in his quest for health care reform, said Consumer Watchdog in advance of the President’s health care speech tonight.
State malpractice damage caps and other limits on liability...
Blog Post
7/17/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
I’m catching up on House health care hearings this morning (watching one live and one recorded keeps things interesting) and tuned in to two debates on limiting protections for victims of medical malpractice. Rather than focus on saving money and protecting patients by preventing medical errors from occurring in the first place, the...
News Release
6/26/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Health Reform Should Reduce Medical Errors, Not Immunize Negligent Providers for Mistakes that Maim and Kill Innocent Patients
Washington, D.C. –- Congress should not confuse lowering health care costs with limiting patient safety, said a letter from consumer and patient advocates sent to Congress today. The groups urged a focus on...
Blog Post
6/11/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
The American Medical Association has proven again that the greed of the medical insurance complex is the chief obstacle to health care reform in America.
The most established mouthpiece for American doctors weighed in against the pivotal plank of Obamacare -- a public alternative to the private health insurance market. The stated reason for the...
News Story
4/26/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
One doctor traded prescriptions for sex.
A pharmacist illegally popped pain pills while filling prescriptions.
And a dentist huffed nitrous oxide until he lost the feeling in his fingers.
They are among 46 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and dentists practicing in this area with records marred by substance abuse and, in some cases, criminal...
Blog Post
3/4/2009
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
When Dennis Quaid went to Congress last year to testify about a threatening Supreme Court decision, it was hard to imagine the Supremes might actually listen to why consumers should able to sue drug companies over dangerous drugs when the FDA approved their labels. The Court had already ruled consumers could not sue medical device...
Blog Post
11/6/2008
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
I haven’t yet had a chance to read the whole report, but a good executive summary from the California Research Bureau says a lot about the state of physician discipline, medical malpractice and public disclosure in California:
National data suggest that the volume of “Quality of Care” complaints received by the Board each year...
Archived Article
9/12/2008
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Back in 2004, I had Kaiser health insurance through my employer. I was diagnosed late that year with a fibroid uterine tumor and the doctors said I needed a hysterectomy. After the surgery that December, at Kaiser in Santa Rosa, my cervical bleeding never stopped, and I have it to this day. I was fatigued, had dizzy spells, first rarely and...
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