Letter to the editor: When will we hold crooked doctors accountable?

Regarding the article “Kentucky doctor admits health care fraud, receiving kickbacks from Hempfield lab” (Oct. 7, TribLIVE): Can anyone disagree with me on wondering exactly why a crooked doctor has to steal, in this case almost $1 million, before it catches the attention of the bureaucrats who take and take and take our tax dollars and just never get enough?

There have been all too many stories in the Trib telling of doctors cheating us taxpayers out of millions of dollars. When will the bureaucrats ever give one hoot in seeing that this is not allowed to continue? I already know what their response will be: We need more money and staff to keep it from happening again. This excuse never works in the private sector because there is accountability. When will we hold these people accountable?

Kenneth R. Nath

Saltsburg