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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 613886" data-attributes="member: 23950">Here&#039;s what would happen , basically daily, with wkmac&#039;s idea of healthcare and no regulations at all :Health NewsUS doctor, minister who promised herbal cancer cure to faithful arrested on fraud chargesProvided by: The Canadian PressWritten by: Greg Risling, THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOct. 8, 2009LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors brought fraud charges Thursday against a doctor accused of promising terminally ill cancer patients in their darkest hours that they would be cured with an herbal treatment.Using her influence as an ordained Pentecostal minister, Dr. Christine Daniel enticed people from across the nation to try her regimen. She even appeared on cable&#039;s Trinity Broadcasting Network in 2002 touting her cancer cure and its 60 per cent success rate, according to federal investigators.Authorities arrested Daniel, 55, at her San Fernando Valley home Thursday and charged her with two counts each of wire and mail fraud. If convicted, she faces up to 80 years in prison.In court documents, authorities contend Daniel took advantage of patients who desperately sought alternative measures after enduring draining rounds of chemotherapy and radiation.In all, federal prosecutors said Daniel siphoned about $1.1 million from 55 families between 2001 and 2004. Six patients ranging in age from 4 to 69 died within seven months after seeing Daniel.&quot;This is an example of a doctor who is preying upon the most vulnerable people in our society,&quot; said Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Johns. &quot;These patients were told they were being cured, but they were being eaten alive by cancer.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 613886, member: 23950"] Here's what would happen , basically daily, with wkmac's idea of healthcare and no regulations at all : Health News [B]US doctor, minister who promised herbal cancer cure to faithful arrested on fraud charges[/B] Provided by: The Canadian Press Written by: Greg Risling, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct. 8, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors brought fraud charges Thursday against a doctor accused of promising terminally ill cancer patients in their darkest hours that they would be cured with an herbal treatment. Using her influence as an ordained Pentecostal minister, Dr. Christine Daniel enticed people from across the nation to try her regimen. She even appeared on cable's Trinity Broadcasting Network in 2002 touting her cancer cure and its 60 per cent success rate, according to federal investigators. Authorities arrested Daniel, 55, at her San Fernando Valley home Thursday and charged her with two counts each of wire and mail fraud. If convicted, she faces up to 80 years in prison. In court documents, authorities contend Daniel took advantage of patients who desperately sought alternative measures after enduring draining rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. In all, federal prosecutors said Daniel siphoned about $1.1 million from 55 families between 2001 and 2004. Six patients ranging in age from 4 to 69 died within seven months after seeing Daniel. "This is an example of a doctor who is preying upon the most vulnerable people in our society," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Johns. "These patients were told they were being cured, but they were being eaten alive by cancer." [/QUOTE]

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