
Public Citizen Join with Public Citizen's president, Robert Weissman, and hundreds of other fed up consumers and activists in a protest on Capitol Hill this Monday, Nov. 16!
Source: action.citizen.org
Goldman Sachs and the other banksters are back to making record profits and on track to hand out multi-billion dollar bonuses. Meanwhile, back in the real economy, unemployment has risen above 10 percent, millions have lost their homes and the banks keep nickel and diming us.

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Preventable medical errors could be reduced if doctors started policing their own
http://citizenvox.org/2009/11/11/medical -professions-lack-of-accountability-at-r oot-of-costly-lawsuits/
Source: citizenvox.org
In Virginia, there is a special word for being victimized by medical malpractice – being “Plotnicked.” Virginia doctor Stephen Plotnick became so notorious for injuring patients that his name is now the word for what happens when doctors make mistakes. ...

Public Citizen Take action! Urge your representatives today to vote YES for single-payer!
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Our nation is facing a health care crisis. Single-payer health care is the only reform that will provide universal coverage and contain skyrocketing costs. Public Citizen has been fighting for a vote ...

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"There is only one solution to the twin problems of escalating health care costs and the epidemic of the uninsured: a Medicare-for-All, single payer system."
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-wei ssman/the-medicare-for-all-mome_b_343725 .html&cp
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In a Medicare-for-All system, health care is available as a matter of right. No one is denied treatment because they can't pay. No one is mandated to buy coverage.

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The Senate needs to stand up to energy lobbyists and put some teeth into its climate change bill. http://citizenvox.org/2009/11/04/senate- climate-proposal-won%e2%80%99t-wean-us-o ff-fossil-fuels-fails-to-hold-polluters- accountable/
Senate climate proposal won’t wean us off fossil fuels, fails to hold polluters accountable « Public
Source: citizenvox.org
Climate change requires us to rethink and transform the ways we produce and consume energy and the way we transport goods and people. But draft legislation being considered by the Senate Environment and ...

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Will the Supreme Court let the corporate cash flood our elections? (VIDEO)
http://citizenvox.org/2009/11/02/citizen s-united-v-fec-a-look-behind-the-scenes/
Source: citizenvox.org
We’ve been spreading the word that the Supreme Court is considering a critically important case this fall: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The case started out as a pretty technical dispute ...

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Sen. Franken's amendment holding defense contractors accountable for crimes such as rape is in conference committee. Tell committee members not to weaken the amendment.
http://citizenvox.org/2009/10/28/urge-co ngress-not-to-weaken-franken-amendment/
Source: citizenvox.org
By now, you are probably aware of an amendment to a bill funding the Department of Defense that would prohibit the U.S. government from doing business with defense contractors who deny employees who have ...

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Let's keep the pressure on Congress to deliver true financial reform. http://citizenvox.org/2009/10/27/sorry-b anksters-your-check-just-bounced/
Source: citizenvox.org
Several thousand citizens made their voices heard this week in Chicago at the American Bankers Association convention, telling the banksters that enough is enough. We’re sick of them taking trillions ...

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Listen to the stories of these folks before you start taking away the rights of patients to hold doctors and hospitals accountable for serious medical errors. http://citizenvox.org/2009/10/22/medical -malpractice-victims-to-congress-we-are- not-frivolous/
Source: citizenvox.org
Merlyna Adams of Louisiana sported a large round button on her lapel as she addressed reporters at a press conference yesterday. The button simply said: “I am not frivolous.”

Public Citizen Calling all activists in Chicago! It's time to stand up to the banksters.
Source: citizenvox.org
The big corporate banks and Wall Street institutions that took our economy to the brink of collapse are coming to Chicago.

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Just remember, Google has no problem throwing you under the bus. It's not your friend. It's a corporation. http://citizenvox.org/2009/10/21/in-goog le-we-trust-think-again/
Source: citizenvox.org
How much of your personal information is Google willing to turn over to a third party without a fight? We’ve asked a California federal court to unseal a report that would give customers of the world’s largest Internet company an answer to that question.

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Drug companies spend billions on wooing doctors with dinners, trips and other gifts. We want our doctors to prescribe us medicine for the right reasons, not because they need a trip to Vegas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGWjhng8 I0
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Kickin' it PharmFREE style, 'cause y'all know the Industry is just out there to make the chedda. Learn the truth at www.pharmfree.org

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Sorry Chamber of Commerce, we're not buying what you're selling:
http://citizenvox.org/2009/10/15/sorry-c hamber-of-commerce-weve-been-there-done- that/
Source: citizenvox.org
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a launched a new marketing campaign to sell Americans on the idea that low taxes, less government regulation and unfettered trade is the thing that’s going to return this country to economic prosperity. ...

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Mike Farrell was in town and stopped by our offices the other day. Remember him from the TV show M*A*S*H? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TQbJYcHx RY
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http://www.citizen.org Actor and activist Mike Farrell talks about the importance of being involved with issues that are important to you.
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