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Since 1999, Governor Davis has bragged that he enacted "…the
most aggressive patient rights laws in the nation, directly
benefiting more than 300,000 Californians."
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Although he faces a recall election in weeks, Governor Davis
has not mentioned HMO patient rights in campaign appearances,
most recently in his televised debate appearance on September
3, 2003. Why?
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On October 11, 2002, Jacquelyn Finney, a former federal fraud
investigator acting as her own attorney, sued the State of
California for approving her HMO's denial of medical care
in retaliation for her insistence that she has the right to
speak to doctors about the legal rights Davis enacted to protect
patients.
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The State's attorneys told a San Diego Superior Court Judge:
"…the applicable statutes and regulations do not
support Mrs. Finney's demand for a meeting [with a doctor]
to discuss her legal rights…"
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On February 20, 2003, Judge Thomas P. Nugent ruled that this
lawsuit may proceed to trial, exposing Governor Davis' fraudulent
breach of his contract with patients. The theme of this trial
is expressed in the movie Inherit The Wind … Does an
HMO patient have the same right as a sponge to think and to
speak what she thinks?
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Undeterred, Davis' fraud continues. On July 11, 2003, HMO
patients were notified by e-mail that Davis' Cabinet Secretary
will order HMO doctors and hospitals to post statements of
patient rights in doctors' waiting rooms.
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The notification did not disclose that Davis approves doctors'
refusal of medical care to patients who try to say what they
think about their rights.