El-Sayed Risks Felonies by Pretending to Be a Physician

Abdul El-Sayed is a doctor in name only. But every time he holds himself out as a physician, he risks felony charges.

Michigan law couldn’t be clearer on the matter.

The law says that “an individual who practices or holds himself or herself out as practicing a health profession… is guilty of a felony.”

Check it out yourself: MCL 333.16294 leaves no room for misinterpretation.

Yes, El-Sayed has read the books and passed the tests that allow him the paper doctor title. But not the books and not the tests that let him to treat actual patients.

This is not a harmless lie, like overstating one’s height on a dating profile. El-Sayed doesn’t call himself a physician just for the accolades. He uses the title to trade on a credibility he has not earned, to write the prescription for what ails America: Medicare for All.

If he were just some guy saying this, or just some politician, it would be one thing.

People heap unearned titles on themselves for a reason, not no reason. El-Sayed’s reason is to cloak himself in the credibility of a “physician.”

The average Michigander, who doesn’t know any better, might assume El-Sayed knows of what he speaks. Even the American Public Health Association is complicit in this lie.

To hear El-Sayed tell it, Medicare for All is “guaranteed healthcare.” Not just for all Americans, but also for everybody living in America, including 50 million or so noncitizens. (El-Sayed’s ticket mate, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, has enacted a similar agenda with voting. It’s called “Count Every Vote,” whether the voter is a citizen or not.)

The Medicare for All page on El-Sayed’s campaign site paints the vision of a world with no co-pays, no deductibles, no premiums, no out-of-pocket max, and no religion too. Don’t worry about a thing—Uncle Sam will pay the bills.

To the Democrat and the downwardly mobile who seek free stuff from politicians, Medicare for the All is the ultimate ploy.

But with collectivists, free is always the cover story; when the bill comes due, it will be too late to back out.

Barack Obama lied when he said that under Obamacare “if you like your doctor, you can keep him.” El-Sayed is lying when he says Medicare for All will come without costs.

State Rep. Karen Whitsett, a Detroit Democrat, sounded the alarm last week. At a Democrat for Rogers press conference at her mother-in-law’s home on Detroit’s west side, Whitsett said she didn’t want to lose the healthcare her husband earned, and she uses, as an operating engineer.

“I do not want to lose my Blue Cross Blue Shield,” said Whitsett. “My husband is operating engineer, and I want my health insurance. You will lose your health insurance if the other candidate [El-Sayed] gets elected. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

“That is what Medicare for All means. So if you enjoy going to the ER now and sitting for six hours, get ready to enjoy that a whole lot longer, because you may be sitting there for six weeks,” Whitsett added. “You don't want government in your business. Well, the government will be controlling your health care. They will control your doctors. They will control your medication. They will control your visits. They will control everything.”

Obama’s lie wasn’t exposed until it was too late. El-Sayed’s lie is already unraveling.

El-Sayed has a funny definition of free. To him, “free” means Americans of all income levels paying higher taxes. Medicare for All means a bigger tax bill for all, not just for the rich that he and Sen. Bernie Sanders target for envy.

If El-Sayed were just another candidate, nobody would believe it when he claimed to write the prescription to fix America’s health care system.

That’s why he plays a physician on the campaign trail, and why this lie is aided and abetted by his allies.