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When California Regulatory Agencies are being administered by former long term employees who can or are drawing a pension

"There IS a conflict of interest that is dangerous to the people of any state, because the government chooses not to enforce the laws and prosecute those responsible for the criminal activity. - Ron Panzer from those HMO's that they are supposed to be regulating, is there a conflict of interest that is dangerous to the people of this state?

Kaiser Permanente is a chain of Multidisciplinary Teaching Hospitals - All Kaiser Hospitals are Teaching Hospitals

Kaiser is a of three separate but interdependent groups: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals are integrated with independent physician group practices called Permanente Medical Groups. The health plan is the insurance component of the organisation, while the hospitals and medical groups provide all clinical services. To the public these hospitals and general practitioner type facilities are seen as one organisation, commonly referred to as Kaiser. See:
http://kaiserpapers.org/pdfs/Strandberg-LarsenSchiotzandFrolich-1.pdf
and in html at:
http://kaiserpapers.org/Strandberg-LarsenSchiotzandFrolich.html



Kaiser was originally created to make money and to save money for corporations by providing health services to employees that worked far from medical facilities. It served the same purpose as a "company store." The services were on site so employees and their families did not need to travel far from work to receive medical care. It was a good idea for all involved and was/is very profitable for Kaiser. It also was an easy way for a corporation to make money and consequently a way to grow greed amongst those that implemented the program. That greed is today systemic within the Kaiser system and regulatory agencies that in part receive funding from Kaiser as evidenced by the numerous published reports on this website. What could have been a program that was good for all people has instead become a program that financially benefits not only employees of the health program/hospitals/doctors groups but also raises the question of just how much of a conflict of interest such employees and appointed officials of regulatory agencies have. Focus should be placed on the regulatory agencies and how they enforce rather than solely on the corporations that violate regulations because they appear to be just as responsible for the problems.

and http://www.mbc.ca.gov/board/members/levine.html
see also:

Focus should also be placed on who the legislators are that have enacted statutes without public participation that
have benefited HMO's while eventually harming the public.  Issues as large and as serious as citizen's healthcare
should involved honestly well-publicized and open public participation.  The burden to get this information to the
public should be on the legislators and not on the citizens that have to learn about these actions on their own.

"All the incentives are toward less medical care, because—the less care they give them, the more money they make."

Ehrlichman: "Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit."

Mr. John D. Erlichman quoting Edgar Kaiser to President Nixon on February 17, 1971
Hear it here: http://businesspractices.kaiserpapers.org/media/nixononkaiser.wav
or http://businesspractices.kaiserpapers.org/media/nixononkaiser.mp3
The Birth of Kaiser Permanente:
Part 2:
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 The Birth Certificate of Kaiser Permanente - Parts 1 and 2 - These are very short videos but highly educational.
Mrs. Susan Kasperski  explains what Kaiser has put her through.  She stresses that all patients not only have the right to complain and discuss with others their health care issues but that if you don't you may be the next victim and one that doesn't live to talk about it.

Susan says that all patients should not be afraid to talk.
If you don't you just might not live. NEW:  The Susan Kasperski Story - Kaiser Riverside and Fontana



             
NEW: Death Panel by Dan Lombard 



Death Panel is a novel based on the true story of how one family experienced the pain of a late-diagnosed, fast-moving,
terminal blood cancer. Intertwined with the family's personal tragedy is the troubling story of the patient's delayed chemotherapy
treatment. This gives it the chilling color of a conspiracy, suggesting a desire by the health care provider to ensure a quick death
and treatment savings in the millions.


NEW: Liver implant - Tim Wild of Kaiser Permanente Signing Surgeon
Implant found in JStein's liver after surgery on her neck.  Kaiser Permanente signing surgeon, Timothy Wilford Wild,
also known as Tim Wild M.D.  You have to wonder why this was placed in her liver after she went in to Kaiser Redwood City
for a lymph node biopsy on her neck.  Read more at:  http://jstein.kaiserpapers.org



NEW:


NEW: The Trina Coy Story - Must reading!  Maybe you can help save this young mother's life:
Cancer Epidemic, Rodeo And The Kaiser Healthcare Plan
Trina Coy who grew up next to refineries in Rodeo, California talks about learning that this environment and the cancer
epidemic that is now affecting former neigbors are very much connected and affect thousands of people in the area.
She also discusses the failure to get proper treatment at the Kaiser Healthcare Plan and the struggle she is making to
survive this battle for her life. Kaiser and California and US government agencies are aware of this cancer epidemic but
have refused to declare a heatlhcare emergency to confront these systemic problems and educate and unite workers
and families who are affected directly by these dangers. The government has also refused to make these oil companies
pay for the cost of their pollution. Conoco has revenue of $98 billion a year. You can find out more about her case at :
A production of California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day


The above video is of discussing at the 2010 Life Conference who are the
Medical Killers and why some are doing it . Yes, some medical professionals are really killing patients and the people controlling
health care have values that are unlike those of  the citizenry of the United States.  Download from:


Ron Panzer is the author of "."  

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THESE BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE THE CAUSE OF ALL THE GRIEF, THE SUFFERING, THE CONFUSION, THE
HARM TO PATIENTS.

NOTICE:  Kaiser is NOT listed as the Top Hospital, Health Care System, Teaching System, nor Top National Hospital  
as per Thomson Reuters. Nor did they make any of the lists although they were part of the studies.
Read the Reports Here:

See:  2010 Health Plan Ranking from NCQA - 
and out of the

Kaiser Permanente A Health Care Cause and Why the Kaiser Papers was created also 
viewable at You Tube Here
 

A letter from a former KP Patient

It scares me to think that Kaiser could be the template for national health care! My husband and I will work ourselves silly to afford better! All physicians who are from other countries, and are working with the American public, need to understand, have respect for, and be able to communicate very well with Americans and in very good English. I was bombarded several times with physicians who patronized, looked down on, and who had little regard for Americans or for learning proper English. In addition, there were a total of three situations we experienced with Kaiser which resulted in our resolve never to return to their plan. My husband and I were members of Kaiser for three years back in the late 1970’s when I worked with Sacramento County. We joined again briefly about fifteen years later, but we quickly dropped out and pursued private insurance. I have a story that I have told many times for its amusing qualities. As a community college instructor in California for a number of years, diversity and our ability as a state to integrate so many immigrants from all over the world has always been a source of pride as a Californian. We are glad that our sons grew up knowing and understanding many cultures and having friends from many countries. For this reason, I have never had a problem with going to physicians from other countries. One time in the late 1970’s, my toenails started to give me problems after I did a lot of hiking in Yosemite National Park. I also noticed my toenails were not growing correctly. I saw a physician from India and explained to him my story about hiking, the pain I was having in my toes, and about how they were not growing correctly. He looked at me for a long time, not at my toes, but at me in general. He then said in halting English, “You look good on outside, so you are good on inside.” That is all he said. I looked at him in disbelief, and asked him again what he recommended. Again he looked at me and said, “You look good on outside; you do look good on inside I think. You have no problem. You look good.” I excused myself and left his office, marching right down to the patient relations department. I may not remember exactly the name of the department, but I was told that if I had a complaint that is where I should go to explain my issue regarding the doctor. I was assigned another physician, but after seeing the next doctor, the nurse at his office quickly walked up to me and said, “You’ll never get the proper treatment here; go see this doctor, an Internist. He will take you seriously and get you help." I had to make excuses as to why I should go to yet a different doctor, but I did eventually get proper medication. On another occasion after the birth of my first child, I had some strange cramping and was sent to a general practitioner for an exam. An older doctor and Caucasian, he was pleasant but began to talk about surgery to resolve post-birth problems. I had not even been examined yet. I sensed a strange logic in his explanation on why I should be operated on, and decided not to return to Kaiser again. I found a gynecologist who examined me and offered exercises and a diet plan which resulted in all ending of my symptoms and increased health. In 1975, when I was working with Sacramento, CA. County, my husband was having a lot of pain in his left heel, an area which he had had surgery on as a child. Because my husband’s family had been with Kaiser for a long time, and because we were newly married, I didn’t have any history at that time to cause me to second-guess their treatment. My husband agreed to surgery, which the doctor said would “update” the skin graft done in his childhood. After the surgery, my husband’s nerves in his left heel and foot were damaged and resulted in the loss of feeling. A year later my husband went to a private surgeon in Fresno specializing in the feet and leg areas. My husband was told that the surgeon was a “butcher” and ruined the graft that had been “state-of-the-art” in 1958 when he had had it done. Unfortunately, the damage was done, and my husband never obtained any compensation or feedback from Kaiser. In addition, the surgeon that had done the surgery was “no longer with Kaiser” as said by Kaiser’s administration office. Those are our stories, and I hope that others can learn from ours and others’ stories that it is important to accept only physicians who are culturally respectful of Americans, who have a very good command of English—our language, who have proven success in the area of specialty that is needed, and who do not push for unnecessary surgeries. “JTF”



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