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Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Wall, The Law and Who’s In Charge (part II)
(Continued from May 26) So then I try to find my first workshop. The signs beside the meeting room doors have been placed at a height of about five feet, which makes them invisible through the throng of people. The … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, power wheelchairs, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease, attorney, bankruptcy, cost, death, disability, disability rights, doctors, end-of-life, estates, God, Health, health care, lawyer, Medicare, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, power wheelchair, soul, spirituality, transcendent, trusts, Wheelchair, wills
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The Wall, The Law, and Who’s In Charge
So there was this fellow who was a sergeant and a drill instructor in the army of these United States. He retired on years of service and moved from the base to a nearby city. A year later he returns … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Poverty, Power
Tagged Centro, City of Syracuse, Crowne Plaza Hotel, disability, disability rights, Institute for Human Performance, Jim French, law, McCarthy Manor, poverty, power, problem solving, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse New York, Upstate Medical Center, Upstate Medical University
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Guiding Lines, part II
Never give up, never, never give up. –Winston Churchill The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, God, Humor, Sex, Values
Tagged activist, addiction, Arleen Fordhock, August Strindberg, Calvin Coolidge, Change, citizens, democracy, determination, God, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Human, I.Q., Intelligences, John Adams, Lord, Margaret Mead, mental health, patience, persistence, politics, reality, Shirley Chisholm, strenght, suffering, surrender, values, war, Winning, Winston Churchill
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Short Answers to Questions
How did Kathy Urschel lose her sight and hearing? Kath had a rare brain virus that took her sight and hearing on one side when she was about seven years old, and took it on the other side when she … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Depression, disability, drugs, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty
Tagged answers, antidepressants, celiac disease, depression, Dept. of Social Services, disability, drugs, fat people, Food Stamps, health care, Kathy Urschel, Medicaid, Medicine, Onondaga County New York, poverty, questions, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, weight gain, Welfare
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From “HEALTHWATCH: The Hills Healthcare blog”
Study: US leads in healthcare spending, but ranks last in health By Sam Baker – 05/12/11 12:11 PM ET A new report reinforces statistics that supporters of healthcare reform have been trumpeting for years: The U.S. spends more than any … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, God, Health Care, Medical care, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Conditions and Diseases, death, diagnosis, doctors, end-of-life, God, Health, health care, healthcare spending, infant mortality, lifestyle, Medicine, Pastor, patients, Physician, public health, sickness, spirituality, values
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Friday the Thirteenth
A strange day. I’d been having a string of lovely days—sunlight, warmth, spring, flowers—a truly splendid time. Then yesterday I picked up my latest test results from the laboratory. My pancreas and kidneys are worse than they’ve ever … Continue reading
Posted in Death, disability, Values
Tagged Agatha Christie, Centro, Conditions and Diseases, death, end-of-life, Friday the thirteenth, kidneys, lilac, pancras, United Nations, values
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The Unmarried State: A Government Directive
Dear Anne, I found your article very enlightening [“Who is Receiving Welfare and Medicaid: The Answers”], thank you for the information. Bottom line is that some people do need as much as they can get legitimately because the hard reality … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medicaid, Poverty
Tagged bus fare, COLA, disability, disability rights, health care, housing subsidy, HUD, marriage, Medicaid, Onondaga County, poverty, Public housing, rent, Section 8, SHA, Social Security, SSI, Syracuse Housing Authority, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Valley Vista, Welfare
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Who are you?
As I write, I am always wondering who is reading. What is your “political typology?” To find out, please take the quiz at http://people-press.org/typology/quiz/?result then return to this post, go down to “Leave a Reply” and tell me what label … Continue reading
Welfare & Medicaid: Marital Status, Education & Location
Marital Status Medicaid There are 69,831 people receiving Medicaid in Onondaga County; 33,883 of those people are single; 8,525 are married. The remaining categories are unspecified, formal or informal separation, divorced, widowed, annulment or abandoned, and they make up 3,130 … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Poverty
Tagged David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, Education, females, Food Stamps, location, marital status, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, poverty, single, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance, Welfare, white
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