tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post5734464300346323037..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Forest Pharmaceuticals Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice, No Individual Pays Any PenaltyRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-13058623398260985852010-10-09T21:21:19.928-04:002010-10-09T21:21:19.928-04:00Oh, I can personally beat the Martha Stewart thing...Oh, I can personally beat the Martha Stewart thing by a league. I was indicted in June on Federal felony charges of health care fraud in an amount exceeding $100. My infraction? While a contract pharmacist in the IHS, I dispensed injectable vitamin K to an EMT, who was a tribal member, to treat his dog after she had ingested a large amount of rat poison. The EMT was on call, so he couldn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-77404610966297488062010-09-19T02:49:06.399-04:002010-09-19T02:49:06.399-04:00One wonders how universities will deal with ‘star’...One wonders how universities will deal with ‘star’ faculty who accepted the kickbacks from Forest Laboratories, how the regents will deal with university administrators who participated in the illegal activities, and how medical boards will discipline the physicians who were engaged in the illegal activities.<br /> <br />As of today, The University of Texas regents have not responded to the news:Nancy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094553230235804728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-66201344983334291492010-09-18T10:41:12.778-04:002010-09-18T10:41:12.778-04:00There were severe penalties for the executives of ...There were severe penalties for the executives of Enron and WorldCom, so is the Forest case that of a different class of wrong doing, or a lesser offence?Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-25683797838662157092010-09-17T23:21:16.712-04:002010-09-17T23:21:16.712-04:00What does it take to fix this? I am numb from rea...What does it take to fix this? I am numb from reading these stories day after day after year after year.<br /><br />This is clearly due to the prosecutors in the executive branch of government making too easy a deal. Can't the legislative branch direct the executive branch? Can't the judicial branch reject the deals made by the executive branch?<br /><br />Don't the branches of Reul of Law not Rule by Lawyersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-33922655045065951592010-09-17T16:48:12.619-04:002010-09-17T16:48:12.619-04:00After reading this article for the first time I wa...After reading this article for the first time I was watching television and was struck by a commercial by Martha Stewart. Here was a woman convicted of insider trading, with a net gain of barely six figures, who was sent to federal prison.<br /><br />Now we have a company that is messing with kids, withholding information from the public, paying kickbacks to doctors that would in total, exceed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com