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» (10/21/09 ) Injured Medical Malpractice Survivors Travel to Washington, D.C., to Protect Patients' Rights » (9/9/09 ) President Obama Should Focus on Curbing Epidemic of Medical Errors, Not Shielding Those Responsible » (7/2/09 ) Medical Malpractice Payments Fall to Record Low, Public Citizen Study Shows » (6/25/09 ) Reducing Accountability Is No Way to Lessen Health Care Costs » (11/29/07 ) State Government Responsible for Medical Malpractice Troubles in New York, New Report Shows » (11/29/07 ) New York Should Look at Itself and its Doctors to Address Medical Malpractice Woes » (11/29/07 ) Malpractice Victims Deserve Right to Seek Justice Through Courts » (11/16/07 ) A Third of New York’s Worst Repeat Offender Doctors Continue to Practice Without Licensing Consequences » (1/24/07 ) Bush Misleads Nation in State of the Union in Need for Medical Malpractice Limits » (1/23/07 ) Bush Fear-Mongering on Ob-Gyn Access in Last Year's State of the Union Belied by Facts » (1/10/07 ) Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Not the Cause of Health Care “Crisis,” Public Citizen Report Shows » (5/4/06 ) Medical Malpractice Bills in Senate Are Affront to Justice » (1/5/06 ) Public Citizen Survey Finds D.C. Medical Society Fabricated Obstetrician Shortage » (12/8/05 ) Frist Fans Public Fears of Avian Flu to Ram Through Sweeping Liability Shield for the Drug Industry » (10/11/05 ) Doctors’ Claim in New TV Ad, That Physicians Are Fleeing Washington State, Simply Doesn’t Add Up » (9/8/05 ) Doctors, Industry Groups Backing Proposal to Rob Injured Patients of Their Legal Rights Commit Factual Malpractice; Rebuttal of Public Citizen Report on Washington State's Medical Malpractice “Crisis” Is Inaccurate and Misleading – Just Like the Campaign for Initiative 330 » (9/7/05 ) Insurance Premiums Not Influenced by Patient Lawsuits; Doctor Malpractice Payouts to Victims Have Significantly Declined » (9/7/05 ) Washington Business Ballot Initiative Harms Seriously Injured Malpractice Victims, Will Not Lower Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates » (8/4/05 ) They’re at It Again: Health Insurers’ “Busted” and “Rotten Apple” Ads Attacking Medical Liability Have No Basis in Fact » (7/28/05 ) U.S. House Rewards Pharmaceutical and Medical Negligence; Punishes Victims >> more press releases ...

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