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STARS in Their Eyes: How Blue Cross Blue Shield Turns Predictive Policing Artificial Intelligence into a Profitable Pseudoscience

by Blue Lotus, MD | Nov, Sat, 2024 | Convicted physician, frivolous lawsuits, health insurance, Insurance Action, war on doctors | 0 comments

Move over fortune-tellers and crystal balls, Independence Blue Cross (IBC) has unveiled its own form of modern-day soothsaying with their STARS and STAR Sentinel artificial intelligence systems. These AI tools promise to root out fraud and waste in healthcare, but a...

When Doing Your Best Isn’t Enough: How the Sixth Circuit Ignored Justice Breyer’s Final Ruling in the Conviction of Dr. Suetholz

by Blue Lotus, MD | Sep, Tue, 2024 | Convicted physician, Government Misconduct, war on doctors | 4 comments

Ah, Justice Breyer. His farewell decision in Xiulu Ruan v. United States was hailed as a triumph for reason in an era of madness, giving doctors the breathing room to, you know, actually practice medicine without constantly fearing the government’s pitchforks. A...

The Lower Courts’ Disregard for Supreme Court Precedent in Ruan v. United States

by Blue Lotus, MD | Jul, Mon, 2024 | Convicted physician | 0 comments

In a legal landscape where the judiciary is expected to uphold the law with consistency and integrity, recent events highlight a troubling trend: the lower courts’ apparent disregard for Supreme Court rulings. This phenomenon is vividly illustrated in the cases...

Adrian Talbot, M.D.

by Blue Lotus, MD | Jul, Thu, 2024 | Convicted physician | 2 comments

United States v Talbot: A Veteran’s Battle with Injustice in the Age of 5th Generation Non-Kinetic Warfare In a poignant and distressing tale, the life of Dr. Adrian Talbot, a distinguished U.S. Navy veteran and dedicated addiction medicine physician, serves as...

Response to Caroline Connor’s Comment

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Wed, 2024 | Advocacy, Convicted physician | 2 comments

The following comment was put on the Doctorsofcourage post Michael Fletcher, MD by Caroline Connor. I want to reply to this comment in a post. I apologize that this is such a long post. Please read to the end. Ms. Connor’s comment: “I support Dr. Cheek’s posting on...

Michael E. Fletcher, MD

by Linda Cheek, MD | Jul, Mon, 2024 | Convicted physician | 4 comments

Michael Fletcher, MD, 61 y/o, an interventional pain medicine specialist in Crestview Hills, KY, 8 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, was convicted of illegally prescribing opioids. Does that mean, according to the Controlled Substance Act or the SCOTUS decision in...