Lock this muther fu—er up for life!!!!

[busterbrown]

Betcha this shit head hates govt. And might add, hates Obamacare!! I’m just saying....

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/07/1229570/-Michigan-doctor-arrested-for-purposely-misdiagnosing-cancer

[niyad]

2. divide up his asets amoung the people or their families that he scammed, and then turn him over

to those families.

[ohheckyeah]

3. " Dr. Fata was scamming Medicare to the tune of $35 million."

Fuck that....what about the patients? How much damage has been done to their health and well-being?

[Half-Century Man]

17. I fought Leukemia...

...One of my chemo treatment drugs was arsenic. Another one required an antidote after two days

the radiation treatments flattened me out

The bone marrow treatment gave me Graft Versus Host disease for the rest of my life

And I needed all of that to live.

Yeah, Dr dickweasel needs to work off a debt to society in Leavenworth for a few decades.

[Egnever]

4. My take way from this

There is too much profit in cancer treatment.

[Oakenshield]

5. Wow.

And just when you think humanity can't disappoint you more, this story hits you. This guy is an absolute piece of worthless shit. He's right up there with the corporate and banker big wigs who've been pillaging the country over the last forty years.

[Enthusiast]

13. No, no!

His type are common. They see medicare as their little piggy bank. We could slash medicare costs by a huge amount if we reined in the medical practitioner fraud.

I agree about the worthless piece of shit. Oakenshield, righteous rant!

[Half-Century Man]

19. One more compelling argument

for socialized medicine.

I grew up in the Military and socialized medicine fucking works very well.

[Enthusiast]

22. You are exactly correct......nt

[rdharma]

6. I'll betcha' $100 bucks he's a Republican!

If you care to hear why I'm profiling him as such, I'd be happy to answer.

[busterbrown]

16. I’ll up that by a $100.

Kind of mentioned that in my original post...Didn’t mention Republican directly, but probably should have.. Thanks for finishing it off...

[Journeyman]

7. Unfortunately, all he faces is 20 years in prison and revocation of his US license. . .

He'll probably do his time, then return to the Middle East where he'll begin anew.

[rdharma]

8. Where in the Middle East can he go and practice?

[Journeyman]

9. Well, he'll have 20 years to figure it out . . .

and according to the article, over $14 million in liquid assets (some of which, I'm sure, he'll manage to retain).

[rdharma]

10. I hope he can be sued successfully by his victims.

A further career as an oncologist after his arrest? Not likely. Anywhere.

[jsr]

21. I wanna know about his cancer 'charity'

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/809243
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/where-did-dr-farid-fatas-charity-the-swan-for-life-cancer-foundation-move-to
Where did Dr. Farid Fata's charity, the Swan for Life Cancer Foundation, move to?

[Isoldeblue]

11. He needs to rot away in prison

with Karma taking a swipe at him with true irony..... If you know what I mean.....

[Enthusiast]

12. This sort of fraud is common.

Sorry, that's just the way it is.

I experienced this sort of fraud myself.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Healthcare in this country is big business with unnecessary procedures

with a single payer hopefully doctors would be paid by the public system so they wouldn't be making money out of patients' demise.

[Enthusiast]

23. Often GPs get a cut when they refer a patient to a "specialist".

The specialist in much better skilled at fleecing medicare. And we are supposed to think this is alright.

[AppleBottom]

15. This happens alotore than you can imagine. nt.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. This is why profit shouldn't exist in medicine....

You should join the profession because you want to heal people, not to be rich.

[Enthusiast]

24. Zactly.......nt

[jsr]

20. Make him take his medicine

Vile, greedy, soulless ghoul.

[jessie04]

25. "His home in Lebanon" ??

WTF ???

[Zorra]

26. Makes me wonder how many sociopaths we deal with in our daily lives. nt

[Siwsan]

27. Second and even third opinions, and reporting complaints and suspicions is so important

I read a number of very negative Yelp reviews on this clinic, and I wonder if these people reported their complaints to their insurance carrier.

I work in the health care industry and part of my job is reviewing cases, just like this. We have a VERY aggressive member satisfaction program that investigates the sort of complaints I read. I'm talking five hour waiting room times for cancer patients. People who questioned their treatment and were waved off by staff. Most people have a very strong 'hinkey' detector and they need to act on it.

And getting second and third opinions on diagnosis AND treatment is so very important.