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American democracy is in jeopardy, from the disastrous Citizens United ruling that flooded our politics with corporate cash to the immoral assault on voting rights. We work every day to defend against these threats and advance bold reforms.

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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Threats to Democracy

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The U.S. government should work for the public, not corporations or industry. It should safeguard consumers, workers and the environment, and be funded well enough to do so. The budget process must not be obstructed by partisanship.

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It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

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Every day, Big Banks, Big Polluters, and Big Tech companies are threatening our economy, our environment, and our democracy – sacrificing Main Street Americans and our families on the altar of corporate profits. Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people by taking on corporate interests and their cronies in government.

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Health Care [5]

Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn’t meet acceptable standards of quality. Much of the care that we get is unaffordable, unnecessary or harmful. Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials.

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Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2019-2021

Petition to the FDA to Strengthen Safety Warning for Botox and Related Drugs and Remove Misleading Claims From Botox/Botox Cosmetic Labeling
Globalization & Trade [6]

Global Trade Watch’s mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives.

Global Trade Watch has led the fight against corporate-rigged “trade” agreements that provide special powers for Big Pharma to raise medicine prices, promote the outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries and undermine the food safety and other safeguards on which our families rely.

For decades, we have fought for progressive alternatives that benefit people and the planet. Learn more about our work.

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The climate crisis is the challenge of our time. We can fix it with solutions that will make us healthier and more economically secure. We must act quickly to make our economy run on renewable power — and ensure that disadvantaged families and displaced workers share equitably in the new economy. We also must fight the corrupting power of fossil fuel companies and ensure that energy regulators are effective and publicly accountable.

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Justice & the Courts [8]

Litigation can remedy or deter wrongdoing, impact policy and meaningfully slow abuses of power. Whether suing on behalf of our members to ensure the honest functioning of government, or representing individual consumers seeking redress in court, our litigation draws on our expertise in administrative law, constitutional law, and government transparency.

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State Medical Boards’ Disciplinary Actions

Medical errors are responsible for the deaths of 98,000 Americans each year. Patients trust their doctors to act responsibly and they trust state medical boards to hold their doctor accountable if they can’t maintain accepted standards of competence.

Thus, part of Public Citizen’s approach to enhancing patient safety is pushing states to better protect patients from doctors who are practicing medicine in a substandard manner.

We work toward enhanced accountability in the medical field by analyzing trends in state disciplinary actions across the U.S.

More Information on State Medical Boards’ Disciplinary Actions

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2019-2021, August 16, 2023
Letter to the Maryland Senate’s Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee Opposing a Bill That Would Impede Investigations by the Maryland Board of Physicians, January 26, 2022
Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019, March 31, 2021
Letter to the Maryland Senate’s Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee Opposing a Bill That Would Shield Bad Doctors Who Engaged in Serious Misconduct, February 22, 2019
Letter to Louisiana State Legislature Opposing a Bill That Would Weaken the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, April 10, 2018
New Health Research Group Study Examines Physician Sexual Misconduct in the National Practitioner Data Bank, February 3, 2016
Letter to Louisiana State Legislature Opposing a House of Representatives Bill That Would Weaken the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, May 5, 2015
Addressing the Response to Public Citizen’s Report Regarding Texas Medical Board Deficiencies, August 28, 2012
Letter to Governor Perry Regarding Serious Deficiencies of the Texas Medical Board, August 22, 2012
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Disciplinary Actions: 2009-2011, May 17, 2012
Letter Regarding Performance of Medical Board of California, August 9, 2011
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2008-2010, May 12, 2011
Testimony on Disciplinary Actions by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners, April 11, 2010
State Medical Boards Fail to Discipline Doctors with Hospital Actions Against Them, March 15, 2011
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2007-2009, April 5, 2010
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2006-2008, April 20, 2009
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2005-2007, April 22, 2008
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2004-2006, June 6, 2007
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2003-2005, April 27, 2006
Testimony on the Performance of the DC Board of Medicine, May 23, 2005
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions: 2002-2004, April 14, 2005
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions in 2003, April 14, 2004
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions in 2002, March 27, 2003
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions in 2001, April 9, 2002
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions in 2000, April 6, 2001
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions in 1999, April 2000
Ranking of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions in 1998, April 1999

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Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2019-2021

Petition to the FDA to Strengthen Safety Warning for Botox and Related Drugs and Remove Misleading Claims From Botox/Botox Cosmetic Labeling

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