Saturday, April 07, 2007

Eric Keroack resigns

...and I missed it. 

The president's amazing-even-for-this-crowd choice to oversee the federal family planning program, Eric Keroack, resigned after Medicaid officials in Massachusetts, where he had a private medical practice, questioned his billings. Keroack's suitability for the family planning post, in which he was responsible for overseeing the distribution of contraceptives to low-income women? He was director of a group that finds contraception "demeaning to women" and won't distribute it - even to married women.

I was upset when this fundie nutball was appointed. Keroack's appointment represented the worst in Christian moral activism, now his disgraceful resignation represents the worst in Christian moral hypocrisy. Is it really acceptable to deny women birth control while at the same time cheating our your medicare billing? I can hear the "greater good" arguments now. In order to fund the noble effort to deny birth control to poor women, it was necessary to take a few accounting liberties, all in the service of the lord of course.

The case against Keroack is more complex than simple billing fraud. Keroack is being investigated for issuing prescriptions to people who are not under his care, and providing services for which he is not licensed. It is an ethics thing. He does not have any.

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jewelz 1p · 868 weeks ago

First let me start by saying that you did not know eric and have no right to judge him! he went above and beyond for people! He was someone who really cared you weren't just another patient! There will never be anyone like him! He changed peoples lives! Instead of me explaining to you who he was, let me explain how much of a jerk you are! Again another example of trashing someone you never met , where you get off saying what you said about him really pisses me off to know end! no matter what you think Eric still was a son,husband,father,brother,and trully a dedicated doctor! who unfortunate for you, you never had the pleasure to meet him! He died on April 11,2008! It was a tragedy so please show some respect for his family and keep your comments to your self! He took his own life! Because of people like you that want to talk about people and run their mouths about things they don't know nothing about! Get A life! Mind your buisness! Shame on you for the things you wrote godforbid his daughter came across this and not only did she lose her father but has to read stuff that some jackass wrote about him that doesn't even know him!
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Mojoey 107p · 867 weeks ago

jewelz - bummer. They man should have had more personal integrity. Killing yourself to avoid serving answering for his crime is a coward's way out. I hope he did not pass this along to his daughter.

Hypocrite, fraud, coward. That's some headstone.

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