Twice Obama voter, twice Trump voter Sancho Panza continued his and my covid/vaccine discussion in the Did Trump, the Democrats, the liberal media and Big Pharma make America a 5th world country? post at this blog:
They are all playing games, If the Employer requires it, they then assume any and all liability for damages from it.... vaccine manufacturers are generally exempt from damages thanks to Congress! I am sure they make the "patients" sign a consent agreement where they document that the person is aware that this is not an FDA approved treatment, etc. etc. etc.Having a positive PCR Test for Covid-19, in the absence of clinical symptoms, is practically meaningless... it's all part of the hype and hysteria!I personally know of many people that tested positive and it was all BS!
If president Trump had made hydroxychloriquine-zinc treatment freely available in April, America could have safely reopened and there would be no need for vaccine, politics, swamp creatures, etc. - consider India using invermectin, hydroxychloroquine, zinc and getting very good results. Does Joe Biden have enough grey matter to grok that? I see no sign of it, yet.
I no longer think of our Government's executive branch in terms of who's the current POTUS... I keep trying to get that through your thick head, but I suppose is the same as when we all blame or praise the guy upstairs, God(or the Devil), for all the shit that happens down here.. it's more convenient and clear-cut to see it that way.... we all prefer to think that "is no my job, man".I kind of feel sorry for Biden and his family, he could have been remembered as the jovial, touchy, feely, VP, uncle Joe... now, is all downhill for the Biden Perversus Clan!Maybe!
Unfortunately, the president can get things done nobody else can. Or, not get things done, which only the president could get done. God and the Devil know this very well
Sancho:
So by your logic, Trump had the power, but did not really want to open the economy on Resurrection Day(Easter Sunday) after the "shutdown"? Nor did he tell everybody on National TV that he was taking HCQ and Zinc... which prompted the MSM to demonize HCQ and the FDA to work with Big Pharma to discredit HCQ and make it unavailable to be used for Covid-19 outside of a hospital setting? Trump was guilty by association for letting Fauci run the Corona show... but I am sure if he had fired Fauci, he would have been impeached as a mass murderer... you're really too funny! When will you see who is really running things here?
Yes, Trump had the power, as does Biden.Looks to me, hubris, fear, ignorance and greed are running things in the Swamp and lots of other places
Goes w/o saying!Show the statute, counselor!
Same statute that allowed Trump to fire any appointed federal department head who did not do his bidding.
Wrong! Apples and oranges.... this is a Federal Republic, I am asking you to show me the statute that Gives the President(or any member of his cabinet) the power to dictate to the States how to manage their Internal State Commerce(close and open their economy, schools, etc.)! Besides, what makes you think that Trump is a hero looking for martyrdom? Aren't you projecting? His only power was the power of the bully pulpit, and you know very well that the MSM took that away from him the minute he got into office while The Swamp plotted impeachment behind closed doors! He could have fired and hired whomever he liked and the results would have been the same... like I said, look at the choices they give us for POTUS do you really think this is by coincidence? If you do, I have nothing else to say to you but... Oink!
I for sure did not understand your question, but my answer remains the same, because with hydroxychloriquine and zinc freely available, every state could have reopened safely, but we will never know, because Trump didn't do it, and, I expect he could have promised to pardon any physician for ignoring the FDA Director pulling hydroxychloroquine from the list of drugs that could be prescribed for coronavirus, but I don't think that pardon would protect doctors from state pharmacy laws and medical boards. The State of Texas Medial Board ended its investigation of the "Demon Sperm" Front Line doctor, who was prescribing hydroxychloroquine and zinc for covid, so perhaps if Trump had grown a pair, Texas and other red states would have gone with him and left the blue states, like the one where you live, to suffer coronavirus until perhaps hell freezes over.You seemed to like Trump as a choice, based on how you boasted about voting for him, twice, hoping he would smash things up and maybe something different would emerge. From his bully pulpit, Trump incited a violent assault of the Capitol, but he did not have the balls to fire his FDA director, and his national medical advisors Fauci and Brix, and appoint Front Line doctors to replace them.
You're obsessed with Trump... and Satan... I just finished watching this episode, very apropos in light of this warp speed vaccine you're taking!
Looks to me, people who voted twice for Trump are obsessed with him.A Florida Keys amigo wrote to me today, "REPUBLICAN POLICES HAVE DEGRADED AMERICA." I wrote back, "I give Democrats half the blame. I pretty much was at that place even before I ran 6 times for mayor of Key West, 3 times for county commission, and once for school board."Everywhere I went in politics, Satan was there.Don't subscribe to Amazon Prime, so can't watch the Star Trek episode. Maybe I should join, I mostly liked Star Trek. I wondered from time to time if Trump has Klingon genes
See Also:
Trump's Final Day in Office Proved Once Again that he is Part of the "Sw...
And you boasted about voting for Trump, twice?
by Fred Schulte
At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles that prosecutors alleged often harmed or endangered elderly and infirm patients while fleecing taxpayers.
“These aren’t just technical financial crimes. These were major, major crimes,” said Louis Saccoccio, chief executive officer of the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, an advocacy group.
The list of some 200 Trump pardons or commutations, most issued as he vacated the White House this week, included at least seven doctors or health care entrepreneurs who ran discredited health care enterprises, from nursing homes to pain clinics.
One is a former doctor and California hospital owner embroiled in a massive workers’ compensation kickback scheme that prosecutors alleged prompted more than 14,000 dubious spinal surgeries.
Another was in prison after prosecutors accused him of ripping off more than $1 billion from Medicare and Medicaid through nursing homes and other senior care facilities, among the largest frauds in U.S. history.
“All of us are shaking our heads with these insurance fraud criminals just walking free,” said Matthew Smith, executive director of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
The White House argued all deserved a second chance. One man was said to have devoted himself to prayer, while another planned to resume charity work or other community service.
Others won clemency at the request of prominent Republican ex-attorneys general or others who argued their crimes were victimless or said critical errors by prosecutors had led to improper convictions.
Trump commuted the sentence of former nursing home magnate Philip Esformes in late December. He was serving a 20-year sentence for bilking $1 billion from Medicare and Medicaid. An FBI agent called him “a man driven by almost unbounded greed.” Prosecutors said that Esformes used proceeds from his crimes to make a series of “extravagant purchases, including luxury automobiles and a $360,000 watch.”
Esformes also bribed the basketball coach at the University of Pennsylvania “in exchange for his assistance in gaining admission for his son into the university,” according to prosecutors.
Fraud investigators had cheered the conviction. In 2019, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association gave its annual award to the team responsible for making the case. Saccoccio said that such cases are complex and that investigators sometimes spend years and put their “heart and soul” into them. “They get a conviction and then they see this happen. It has to be somewhat demoralizing.”
Tim McCormack, a Maine lawyer who represented a whistleblower in a 2007 kickback case involving Esformes, said these cases “are not just about stealing money.”
“This is about betraying their duty to their patients. This is about using their vulnerable, sick and trusting patients as an ATM to line their already rich pockets,” he said. He added: “These pardons send the message that if you are rich and connected and powerful enough, then you are above the law.”
The Trump White House saw things much differently.
“While in prison, Mr. Esformes, who is 52, has been devoted to prayer and repentance and is in declining health,” the White House pardon statement said.
The White House said the action was backed by former Attorneys General Edwin Meese and Michael Mukasey, while Ken Starr, one of Trump’s lawyers in his first impeachment trial, filed briefs in support of his appeal claiming prosecutorial misconduct related to violating attorney-client privilege.
Trump also commuted the sentence of Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor who had served four years in federal prison for fraud. That case also ensnared U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who was acquitted in the case and helped seek the action for his friend, according to the White House.
Prosecutors had accused Melgen of endangering patients with needless injections to treat macular degeneration and other unnecessary medical care, describing his actions as “truly horrific” and “barbaric and inhumane,” according to a court filing.
Melgen “not only defrauded the Medicare program of tens of millions of dollars, but he abused his patients — who were elderly, infirm, and often disabled — in the process,” prosecutors wrote.
These treatments “involved sticking needles in their eyes, burning their retinas with a laser, and injecting dyes into their bloodstream.”
Prosecutors said the scheme raked in “a staggering amount of money.”
Between 2008 and 2013, Medicare paid the solo practitioner about $100 million. He took in an additional $10 million from Medicaid, the government health care program for low-income people, $62 million from private insurance, and approximately $3 million in patients’ payments, prosecutors said.
In commuting Melgen’s sentence, Trump cited support from Menendez and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.).
“Numerous patients and friends testify to his generosity in treating all patients, especially those unable to pay or unable to afford healthcare insurance,” the statement said.
In a statement, Melgen, 66, thanked Trump and said his decision ended “a serious miscarriage of justice.”
“Throughout this ordeal, I have come to realize the very deep flaws in our justice system and how people are at the complete mercy of prosecutors and judges. As of today, I am committed to fighting for unjustly incarcerated people,” Melgen said.
He denied harming any patients.
Faustino Bernadett, a former California anesthesiologist and hospital owner, received a full pardon. He had been sentenced to 15 months in prison in connection with a scheme that paid kickbacks to doctors for admitting patients to Pacific Hospital of Long Beach for spinal surgery and other treatments.
“As a physician himself, defendant knew that exchanging thousands of dollars in kickbacks in return for spinal surgery services was illegal and unethical,” prosecutors wrote.
Many of the spinal surgery patients “were injured workers covered by workers’ compensation insurance. Those patient-victims were often blue-collar workers who were especially vulnerable as a result of their injuries,” according to prosecutors.
The White House said the conviction “was the only major blemish” on the doctor’s record. While Bernadett failed to report the kickback scheme, “he was not part of the underlying scheme itself,” according to the White House.
The White House also said Bernadett was involved in numerous charitable activities, including “helping protect his community from COVID-19.” “President Trump determined that it is in the interests of justice and Dr. Bernadett’s community that he may continue his volunteer and charitable work,” the White House statement read.
Others who received pardons or commutations included Sholam Weiss, who was said to have been issued the longest sentence ever for a white collar crime — 835 years. “Mr. Weiss was convicted of racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice, for which he has already served over 18 years and paid substantial restitution. He is 66 years old and suffers from chronic health conditions,” according to the White House.
John Davis, the former CEO of Comprehensive Pain Specialists, the Tennessee-based chain of pain management clinics, had spent four months in prison. Federal prosecutors charged Davis with accepting more than $750,000 in illegal bribes and kickbacks in a scheme that billed Medicare $4.6 million for durable medical equipment.
Trump’s pardon statement cited support from country singer Luke Bryan, said to be a friend of Davis’.
“Notably, no one suffered financially as a result of his crime and he has no other criminal record,” the White House statement reads.
“Prior to his conviction, Mr. Davis was well known in his community as an active supporter of local charities. He is described as hardworking and deeply committed to his family and country. Mr. Davis and his wife have been married for 15 years, and he is the father of three young children.”
CPS was the subject of a November 2017 investigation by KHN that scrutinized its Medicare billings for urine drug testing. Medicare paid the company at least $11 million for urine screenings and related tests in 2014, when five of CPS’ medical professionals stood among the nation’s top such Medicare billers.
Read the full article at Kaiser Health News.
No comments:
Post a Comment