As I Contemplate The Lawsuit: What The State & Federal Governments Should Do In My Case

In the wake of my posts on the N.C. State Bar's shameless, star-chamberish hatchet-job on Rachel Lea Hunter, as well as the encouraging news that Eric Gluck is seeing some small forward momentum (in terms of press coverage) in his case, I've had an increase in traffic/readers/e-mails.

Over the last few days, I've engaged (against my better judgement) in some back & forth e-mails with members & ex-members of the "Semmelweis Society" (I'm firmly in the "ex" category). I'm fed up and disgusted with the current leadership . . . and all of the infighting/litigating/counter-litigating . . . which serves no useful purpose . . . and helps no one.

In one of my e-mails to a relatively new acquaintance, I explained why/how Semmelweis had fundamentally failed a number of it's original members (I call them "the Federal contingent) . . . especially in terms of its preoccupation with Qui Tam (i.e. get rich not-so-quick) litigation:

The thing is I don't have a civil case (against Randolph Hospital). I have a criminal one - and the beauty of it is that the crime (perjury) has NO statute of limitations. And I could still be restored & completely vindicated through its prosecution. What I need help getting the national press to put the pressure on "the right people" to investigate and prosecute it.

Today, a new reader left a comment on this post, and I think my response is worth putting front and center . . . for those who have short attention spans . . . or still have no clue as to what I want to happen . . . without filing a civil (gross negligence) lawsuit against the state & federal governments (and it's not for society to feed and clothe and care for octuplets).

I want justice. And it actually would be a fairly easy thing to accomplish if our governments truly gave a damn about the letter of the law. Here's the reply (with minor edits) to the new reader:

(1) I do not "support" the IRS - except to dutifully pay my taxes every quarter. I do it because I want to live in peace - without being audited/jailed/my meager assets seized. But I grumble mightily about the money I fork out (that could go to better things - like my own retirement & healthcare) because over the last decade, I've gotten CRAP for that money.

(2) When I did my interview with the IRS agent in October 2006 (an interview that the IRS would deny happened - part of the reason I blogged on it while the memory/wound was still fresh), I took a friend as a witness. There was only one agent.

Here's the link: http://drjshousecalls.blogspot.com/2006/10/lovely-october-morning-with-irs.html

As I've said, our hero pretty much told me that as a "non-profit", Randolph Hospital could lie to me/other ordinary citizens all day long in any venue and the IRS/US Attorney WOULD NOT CARE. But the hospital could not lie to the IRS.

I'm sorry, as Jane Q. Citizen dutifully paying the taxes that shore up Randolph Hospital, I have a BIG PROBLEM with that.

It is a fact, that both the US & NC Attorneys General could have, with relatively little effort, long ago told Randolph Hospital and its oh-so-"honorable (not)" Board-of-Directors that its executives BROKE THE LAW/COMMITTED FELONIES and WOULD FACE PROSECUTION if the hospital did not sit down and make things right with the Pediatrician in public service that the hospital screwed over.

I was a third-party beneficiary to both state and Federal service agreements which were not completely enforced (and would not have even been partially enforced had I not gone to war with USDHHS through Howard Coble's office). In short, the government(s) had responsibilities to me (not-to-mention the taxpayers who fronted the bill for this way-bad party) that were IN NO WAY fulfilled. In fact, everybody in all of the agencies I served under pretty much dived under their desks - I was on my own.

Right now, TODAY, the US & NC Attorneys General could say to this hospital, "Dr. Johnson has provided us with IRREFUTABLE PROOF that your executives REPEATEDLY lied under Oath in order to get out of a civil suit on the cheap (a civil suit filed because Randolph & its "controlled affiliate" violated every public agreement it signed and made a mockery of the mission/purpose Dr. Johnson was recruited home to serve) . . .

. . . in short, Randolph Hospital CRAPPED ON ONE OF OUR PEOPLE, AND YOU JUST DON'T GET TO DO THAT. So, if you-all don't get your heads out of your smug/"right people" asses and sit down and make it right with this girl (OUR GIRL) that you did wrong, your little hospital is going to be STRIPPED of its "non-profit" status and BE DEAD to the state & Federal governments in terms of grants and funding and certificates of need."

NOTHING . . . ZERO . . . ZIP . . . NADDA . . . will be coming your way. You play by the rules or you don't play at all.

And OBTW, keep jerking us/Dr. Johnson around, and those over-paid/ignorant/arrogant cretins you circled the wagons around . . . without giving Dr. Johnson ANY CHANCE at all to defend herself . . . are going to be prosecuted aggressively for multiple felonies instead of pleading guilty to misdemeanors.

YOU DO NOT MESS WITH OUR PEOPLE. WE DO NOT LEAVE OUR OWN BEHIND!

If the state & federal governments really cared about "accountability" and "transparency" this could/would happen TOMORROW.

And you're right. I do not support universal healthcare - in large part because I've seen how poorly government oversees & polices the programs it already has in place . . . and because it sets no limits.

I expect if I sue the state/Feds, this is going to happen anyway. Because I will not be just going away until it does.

Whew. I feel better now. The introspection continues . . . it's a pretty day for it;)