Category Archives: Kaiser Permanente: Failure to Thrive

Kaiser to defend negligent doctor — medical board wants to yank license

[kaiserthrive.org editor’s note: Kaiser often defends repeat malpractice offenders — such as Dr. Death Jayant Patel — for years, resulting in many unnecessary patient deaths. Unlike medical care, where every penny is pinched, Kaiser spares no expense defending its negligence. The running joke is that Kaiser will spend $1,000,000 to defend a $1,000 claim, and to say that Kaiser lawyers play dirty to win is unfortunately a gross understatement. Never forget who is footing the bill: that’s right, YOU.]

The state medical board is seeking to revoke or suspend a local physician’s license after her patient was not admitted to the hospital promptly and developed blood poisoning.

The state attorney general, on behalf of the medical board, says Dr. Degrasia Anne Howard committed multiple acts of gross negligence, in a report filed June 15. […]

Sicko trailer coming to a building near you

[By now everyone has heard that Kaiser Permanente has a starring role in Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’, from the infamous Nixon Tapes (“…the less care they give them, the more money they make”), to denial of care and patient dumping…it’s all there.] Michael Moore’s ‘SiCKO’ Trailer To Be Projected on Buildings Across the Country on Monday,… Read More »

Server issues

Our server was down most of the day Friday, June 22nd, and as a result some of our incoming email bounced back. We’re requesting that anyone who attempted to send us an email on Friday please try again. Sorry for the inconvenience. Admin

Fines expected in DMHC investigation into Kaiser’s handling of consumer complaints

[kaiserthrive.org editor’s note: Hallelujah, regulators have finally seen the light! Too bad Kaiser will respond with another useless ‘plan of correction’, with no real intentions of actually following through with it.] From San Francisco Business Times: DMHC probe of Kaiser delayed, fines expected by Chris Rauber An investigation of Kaiser Permanente by the state Department… Read More »

New Kaiser Permanente Thieves ad parody

Enjoy this parody of one of Kaiser’s new animated Flash Thrive ads that has been appearing in Yahoo mailboxes everywhere. Refresh the page to replay the animation: Please feel free to copy, share, and email all of our Kaiser Thrive Ad Parodies, with credit back to our website please.

Kaiser says it ignores online critics

Updated 5/5/07 with more log data in the comments. Gee, it’s a good thing Kaiser says it isn’t paying attention, because otherwise we might wonder why Buzz Logic, Edelman PR, Campbell-Ewald and Digital Impact (all highly overpaid Kaiser “image consultants”) have been spending so much time around here (or trying to anyway). One day we… Read More »

New advocacy site for Kaiser Permanente victims

Please join us in welcoming KaiserVictims.org to the growing ranks of web sites dedicated to exposing the egregious, and oftentimes deadly abuses of power and patients at Kaiser Permanente (gazillion dollar Thrive campaign notwithstanding). From the site’s introduction: This is a collaborative community project that intends to provide a public record of serious medical errors.… Read More »