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Assuming with Sasha Lauren as Author , the following 10 results were found.

  • California’s Medical/Legal System:  Health Reform Laws Held Back by Special Interests

    HEALTH AND PATIENT SAFETY - Some devoted patient safety activists worked alongside Consumer Watchdog and Consumer Attorneys of California for decades to get the antiquated Medical Injury Compensation Act (MICRA) cap increased. They accomplished their...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: STATE WATCH
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  • Medical Board of California Under Oversight Microscope

    SENATE MEDICAL OVERSIGHT - On Jan 1, 2024 MBC will cease to exist without legislation continuing its operations. The goal for our discussions is to determine the best case and best course forward for this board moving into our Sunset Review (SR)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: VOICES
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  • Medical Board of California Whistleblower Sets the Bar for Decency

    MBC MEETINGS 2/10-2/11 - Consumers cry out in physical and emotional pain during the quarterly Medical Board of California (MBC) meetings. Victims and survivors of medical harm utilize their allotted three minutes to share emotionally charged,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: IMPORTANT READS
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  • Medical Malpractice Gag Clauses, Hush Money, and Threats

    MEDICAL WATCH - Patient A, “Emily”, wrote a Yelp review for a prominent infertility doctor in California. “Dr. Jones.” Jones took over Emily’s care after Dr. Jones’ father, also a doctor, made several medical errors. Daughter Dr. Jones attempted to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: WELLNESS
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  • How Did Harmful Plastic and Cosmetic Procedures Become Normalized?

    MEDICAL WATCH - In 2013, two women in their 30s died in a plastic surgeon’s California ambulatory center as a result of unnecessary surgeries; an autopsy of victim one showed perforations of the pleura, as well as rib fractures and hemorrhaging. The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: WELLNESS
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  • 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 is there in California? What mechanisms track and prevent harm? Is the state medical board (that licenses medical doctors and has a statutory duty to protect health care...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: WELLNESS
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  • The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) is Rigged Against You

    MEDICAL FAIRNESS - In California, pregnant women begged for help, their cries were ignored, and they died from preeclampsia, forcibly removed placentas, and internal bleeding. Their doctor was a repeat offender. A man died from sepsis after an...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: VOICES
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  • Anatomy of Medical Harm in America (from the plaintiff’s side)

    HEALTH & WELLNESS - You’re a healthy person with an active life. On your list of things-to-do, (right before throwing a graduation party for your kid, getting your Masters Degree, or moving out of town for that long-awaited job promotion), is to get...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: HEALTH
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  • Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery ‘Experts’: Can We Really Trust Them? 

    WELLNESS - It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. ~ Upton Sinclair Chameleon supermodel Linda Evangelista, whose career has been a work of art, has been brutally disfigured. She...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: WELLNESS
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  • Liposuction: Is it magic?

    HEALTH & WELLNESS - What functions do fat cells perform? What happens to a body left with fewer fat cells? Are potential customers fully informed about the range of outcomes before they agree to this aggressively marketed surgery? Are doctors regulated...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sasha Lauren
    • Category: HEALTH
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