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Monthly Archives: February 2011
The Myth of “White Coat” Hypertension
Here’s the scenario: you arrive at your physician’s appointment five minutes ahead of schedule. You check in with the receptionist then take a seat in the waiting room. You catch your breath and sit quietly for a while. Then … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Medical care, physician, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged Blood pressure, Conditions and Diseases, diagnosis, doctor, drugs, Health, health care, Hypertension, Medicine, Patient, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, power, waiting room, white coat hypertension
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This one’s for you, John DeFrancisco
Senator John DeFrancisco (R) wants to pass a bill requiring everybody on Welfare to be tested for drug use. Let me tell you something about the character of this man who would further oppress the poor. I was a receptionist in … Continue reading
A Medicaid Program to End All Medicaid Programs (Part II)
Then public subsidy programs came along and suddenly the family had a way out: they could dump the offending relative on the government, except there is no “government”—there’s just your neighbors paying the bill. In the beginning, it was shameful … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, disability, God, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty, Powerlessness, Spirituality, Values
Tagged abandonment, Buddhism, Christianity, death, democracy, end-of-life, family, God, Governance, government, health care, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Lord, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, poverty, problem solving, public services, public subsidy, relationships, Welfare
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A Medicaid Program to End All Medicaid Programs (Part I)
Euthanasia. You want us poor folks dead, so why not be honest and advocate for it? We know you want us dead. We read it every day on Syracuse.com and in the Letters to the Editor. We see it and … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, disability, God, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty, Values
Tagged capital punishment, Christian, death, democracy, end-of-life, Euthanasia, Food Stamps, God, Governance, Great Depression, health care, HEAP, HUD subsidy, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, paratransit, Post-Standard, poverty, problem solving, public assistance, rigth to life, survival, Syracuse.com, values, Welfare
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Playing with Power (Part II)
Anne C. Woodlen, CEO Caring for Annie, Inc. 3. Get the facts. Make factual statements, in chronological order, about the employee’s violations of proper work behavior. Make sure it is so true and so devoid of emotion that you could … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Housing, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged anonymity, apology, boss, complaints, deadline, documentation, emotion, expectation, facts, Governance, incentive, Jimmy Breslin, Medicaid, motive, power, problem solving, reason, solution, success, writing
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Playing with Power
Anne C. Woodlen, CEO Caring for Annie, Inc. Being disabled and embedded in the system—Social Security Disability, Medicare, Medicaid, Heating Emergency Assistance Program, Food Stamps, doctors, medical transport, case managers, aides—is the equivalent of running a small business. It requires … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Caring for Annie Inc., CEO, Food Stamps, Governance, HEAP, Heating Emergency Assistance Program, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, mental health, poverty, power, problem solving, rules, Social Security Disability, SSD
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Manipulating Yours
I have had a major insight into something, as yet to be defined, regarding doctors: people hate them. Doctors, as a species, are not loved, respected or admired: they are despised. I have been in the attack mode with physicians … Continue reading
VESID, CPEP/CPAP, Medicaid & Malpractice: Answers to More Questions
VESID—a drug; I don’t like VESID; Complaints and VESID; is celiac covered under NYS VESID Act? VESID is neither a drug nor an act. It is New York State’s Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. (They couldn’t think … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged acupuncture, Autoimmune disease, celiac disease, Civil Service, complaints, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, Conditions and Diseases, continuous positive airway pressure, County Executive, CPAP, CPEP, disability, disability rights, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, Dr.William Harris, drugs, gluten, health care, John Mulroy, lawyers, Legal Aid, malpractice, Medicaid, mental disorder, mental illness, NYS Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, Peter Andreoli, problem solving, psychiatric disorders, Republican Party, Sleep apnea, Stephen Rogers, Syracuse University, The Syracuse Newspapers, VESID, VESID complaint
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Onondaga County Kontroler’s Office
In the year 6, Chinese candidates for political office had to take civil service examinations. Currently, levels 10-15 are clerks; level 1 is premier. The theory behind civil service is, first, that it will protect government employees from being fired every … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Government Services, Values
Tagged Civil Service, Comptroller, Comptroller's Office, Corruption, David Elleman, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, Ed Gusty, Governance, Ned Gusty, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, Personnel Dept., politician, power, Richard Sheeran, taxpayers, Typist I, values, Van Duyn Home
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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VII)
The government is supposed to do only what cannot be done by the people individually, e.g., fight foreign wars, maintain the Thruway, and support a nursing home for the indigent. Otherwise, the government is supposed to leave the people alone. It is … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged Ann Rooney, Chief Welfare Attorney, Civil Service, County Executive, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, Div. of Purchasing, DSS, Governance, Joanne Mahoney, John Mulroy, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Nick Pirro, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, Paula Engel, Post-Standard, poverty, power, Republican Party, Stephen A. Rogers, Stephen Rogers, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen
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