Protecting Democracy [1]

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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Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice
Making Government Work [2]

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

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity
Consumer & Worker Safeguards [3]

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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Public Citizen Calls on Presidential Candidates, Parties to Pledge Not to Use Dangerous, Manipulative Deepfakes

Within Reach: Banker Pay Reform
Safe & Affordable Drugs & Devices [4]

Prescription drugs are unaffordable and new drugs and devices often are approved without being proven safe and effective. Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all.

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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, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit
Globalization & Trade [6]

Our Mission

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.

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

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Climate Peace Clause Needed to Stop Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

Big Tech’s “Digital Trade” Power-Grab
Climate & Energy [7]

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.

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

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Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record
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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Protecting patients by pushing regulators to crack down on dangerous doctors

New Public Citizen Report Highlights Frequent Leniency for Physicians Who Sexually Abuse Their Patients

HHS Must Enhance Data Bank, State Medical Boards to Take Specific Steps to Curb Physician Abuse of Patients

AHA Is Wrong: Doctors, Nurses Have Been Punished for Speaking Out About Coronavirus Workloads, Supply Shortages

Medical errors kill tens of thousands of Americans each year. Public Citizen works to enhance patient safety by pushing state medical boards and hospitals to better protect patients from dangerous doctors.

Our Work

We analyze trends in state medical board and hospital disciplinary actions taken against doctors and other health care workers.

Letters to HHS/HRSA, FSMB and State Medical Boards Calling to Implement Recommendations to Protect Patients from Physician Sexual Abuse

Serious action is needed, including zero-tolerance policies and improved state laws, to curb patient sexual abuse by physicians and other health care practitioners.

15-Year Summary of Sexual Misconduct by U.S. Physicians Reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank, 2003 ― 2017; In-Depth, Updated Evidence on White Coat Betrayal

A new updated, comprehensive report showed that only 1,354 U.S. doctors had faced reportable sanctions or malpractice payments due to sexual misconduct over 15 years.

State Medical Board Rankings

We evaluate how well each state medical board is protecting the public by disciplining doctors.

Outrage of the Month: Protecting the Public From Dangerous Doctors

September 1, 2023

Reports

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

August 16, 2023

Press Releases

New Public Citizen Analysis Finds Continued Major Differences Among States in Rates of Serious Physician Disciplinary Actions

August 16, 2023

Press Releases

STAT Opinion: NEJM, other journals: provide more transparency about conflicts of interest or don’t publish conflicted articles

May 19, 2022

Press Releases

Experts Criticize New England Journal of Medicine for Conflicts of Interest, Lack of Transparency in Piece on Drug Pricing

May 19, 2022

Press Releases

HHS Steps Up to Share Medical Technology with the World

March 3, 2022

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Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

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

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

Public Citizen Calls on Presidential Candidates, Parties to Pledge Not to Use Dangerous, Manipulative Deepfakes

Within Reach: Banker Pay Reform

Tell President Biden: Make Meds Affordable

Win Medicare for All

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

Climate Peace Clause Needed to Stop Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

Big Tech’s “Digital Trade” Power-Grab

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record

Subscribe to the Supreme Court Conference Preview

New Public Citizen Report Highlights Frequent Leniency for Physicians Who Sexually Abuse Their Patients

HHS Must Enhance Data Bank, State Medical Boards to Take Specific Steps to Curb Physician Abuse of Patients

AHA Is Wrong: Doctors, Nurses Have Been Punished for Speaking Out About Coronavirus Workloads, Supply Shortages

Our Work

Letters to HHS/HRSA, FSMB and State Medical Boards Calling to Implement Recommendations to Protect Patients from Physician Sexual Abuse

15-Year Summary of Sexual Misconduct by U.S. Physicians Reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank, 2003 ― 2017; In-Depth, Updated Evidence on White Coat Betrayal

State Medical Board Rankings

Outrage of the Month: Protecting the Public From Dangerous Doctors

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

New Public Citizen Analysis Finds Continued Major Differences Among States in Rates of Serious Physician Disciplinary Actions

Action on Predatory Private Equity in Health Care ‘Needed, Stat’ Says Public Citizen

Amazon Acquisition of One Medical Should Be Rejected Without Robust, Legally Binding Safeguards

Regulators and Congress Should Investigate Proposed Amazon-One Medical Merger

STAT Opinion: NEJM, other journals: provide more transparency about conflicts of interest or don’t publish conflicted articles

Experts Criticize New England Journal of Medicine for Conflicts of Interest, Lack of Transparency in Piece on Drug Pricing

HHS Steps Up to Share Medical Technology with the World

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