disability fraud?

Question

Why is this man on trial, and not the incompetent doctor that allowed this? I'm having trouble understanding why the patient is to blame and not the doctor.. Here's the article

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/67928.aspx

I'm having trouble understanding this case. Another thing that caught my eye: Supposedly the fact that he disputed a traffic ticket makes him guilty. Since when are disabled people stripped of their rights to dispute criminal charges or traffic offenses against them?

I'm a little worried now because I am disabled and have a traffic ticket that I would like to dispute. If I dispute the traffic ticket I'm going to be charged with Felony Fraud because I have a disability, and disabled people aren't allowed to contest any violations?

Answer 1

He was not charged with fraud because he challenged a traffic ticket.

He was charged with fraud because he was supposedly too disabled to communicate or drive a car. When he went to court, he presented himself as a reasonable person of near normal intelligence.

They taped the hearing and had taped his interviews with Social Security doctors evaluating him and there was obviously a large difference between his mental capacities in the videos.

Mom probably started the fraud, and the man just continued it to receive continuing benefits.

If a person lies to the doctor, the doctor cannot make a proper diagnosis, not that the short time that the doctor gets to conduct the interview and testing would allow a reliable diagnosis anyway.

Crooks almost always give themselves away eventually.

Unless you have lied to Social Security about the nature or extent of your disability, you have nothing to fear.

As long as your disability does not prevent you from safely driving a car, you will be fine challenging your ticket.

The unfortunate side to this story is that cases like these make it that much harder for persons with real disabilities to get approved, and will cause them unnecessary trips to Social Security doctors for more frequent reevaluations.

This costs all taxpayers, and reduces the amount available to pay benefits to those that truly deserve them.