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For Immediate Release: 7/2/09
Medical Malpractice Payments Fall to Record Low, Public Citizen Study Shows
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Medical malpractice payments were at or near record lows in 2008, but the decline almost certainly indicates that a lower percentage of injured patients received compensation, not that health safety has improved, Public Citizen reported in a study released today.

For Immediate Release: 7/1/09
Public Citizen Applauds Leadership, Vision of New PEC Board
AUSTIN, Texas – The first meeting of the new board of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) on Monday marked an unprecedented change in leadership and vision for the nation’s largest electric cooperative.

For Immediate Release: 6/30/09
New Consumer Agency Will Keep Wall Street in Check
Statement of David Arkush, Director, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division

For Immediate Release: 6/30/09
Obama Administration Wise to Uphold California’s Right to Regulate Vehicle Emissions
Statement of Lena Pons, Policy Analyst, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division*

For Immediate Release: 6/29/09
Advocacy Group Finds CPS’ Reactor Cost Estimate Naïve; Ignores History and Independent Reports
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office

For Immediate Release: 6/29/09
Fate of Decades-Long Effort to Stop Corporate Money From Dominating Political Campaigns Rests With U.S. Supreme Court
Statement of Scott L. Nelson, Attorney, Public Citizen

For Immediate Release: 6/28/09
Rights of Future Victims to Sue Over Defective GM Vehicles Protected Under Amended Bankruptcy Sale
Statement of Adina Rosenbaum, Attorney, Public Citizen

For Immediate Release: 6/27/09
Climate Change Bill Must Be Strengthened
Climate change legislation that narrowly passed the House of Representatives late Friday must be strengthened.

For Immediate Release: 6/25/09
Reducing Accountability Is No Way to Lessen Health Care Costs
Statement of David Arkush, Director, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division

For Immediate Release: 6/24/09
Private Health Insurance Is Not Part of the Health Care Solution, Consumer Advocates Tell Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress must eliminate the private insurance industry and implement a national single-payer system if it wants to achieve true health care reform, two leading patient advocates told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee today.

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