California Medical Association

Planned Parenthood’s Prop 46 Payback

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 11:45

Prop 46 on the November 2014 ballot would have updated California’s $250,000 cap on compensation for victims of medical negligence, enacted in 1975, for 40 years of inflation. The insurance industry spent $58 million to kill it.

Why was Planned Parenthood with them?

New campaign disclosures reveal how Planned Parenthood benefited from the deal.

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California Medical Association Stands Alone Against Prescription Drug Reform

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 15:26

The California Medical Association should get over its reactionary opposition to reform that would curb the prescription opioid and heroin overdose epidemic.

Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new painkiller prescription guidelines recommending that doctors check state prescription drug databases before prescribing opioids to a patient. This simple tool has been proven to reduce overprescribing, but only when doctors are required to use it.

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Will Lawmakers Protect Doctors Or Patients In New Legislation?

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 15:02

If California lawmakers plan to move forward with creating a state-sponsored "diversion program" for treating substance-abusing doctors, it should not be a secret country club for addicted doctors who want to hide from the consequences. 

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Senator Looks After Patients While Medical Board Looks the Other Way

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 12:37

The California Medical Board had one job to do when it came to protecting patients from doctors on probation: Make it easier for patients to know. The Board failed, and now state Senator Jerry Hill is trying to rectify that error by proposing legislation. 

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Reducing Drug Prices Proposal Could Pit Well-Funded Healthcare Players Against Each Other

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 08:01
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's proposed measure to reduce prescription drug prices in California is simple enough: Require the state to negotiate prices just like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs does. Proponents say it will lower costs for state programs, potentially save taxpayers millions and ease rising medical costs for the most vulnerable. 
 

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Medical Board Moves Toward New Substance Abuse Program. Get It Right, Please

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 18:00

At one time, the California Medical Board had a "diversion program" that allowed physicians caught abusing drugs  and alcohol to choose a secret rehab program to avoid discipline. And the same addicted doctors used this program. Over and over again. All it did was protect bad doctors and harm their patients, which is why it was thankfully abolished nearly eight years ago. 

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