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From Executive to Legislative
I talked to people. I called up lots of offices and talked to all kinds of people. What I learned was that all kinds of people were hot to trot to prosecute Medicaid recipients but nobody in the world was … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Government Services, Medicaid, Onondaga County, political corruption, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged citizen, citizenship, County Legislature, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, District Attorney's Office, DSS, DSS Commissioner, Kathleen Rapp, Kathy Hart, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicaid transportation, NYS Attorney General's Office, Onondaga County, Republican, Wayne Freeman
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Crippled by Medicaid Transportation
I started using Medicaid transportation sometime in the 1990’s. I had regular appointments with a doctor whose office was on the seventh floor of a downtown building, and there was no seating in the lobby. I had been on Social … Continue reading
The Contractor and the Contractee
No, as it turned out, the ACLU could not help me. The local branch apparently consisted solely of an executive director with no staff. I was sitting out there battering my head against Mike Addario, general manager of Rural Metro; … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Onondaga County, political corruption, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged ACLU, conspiracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, John Mulroy, Kathy Hart, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Mike Addario, Nick Pirro, Onondaga County, political corruption, Post-Standard, poverty, power, Republican Party, Rural Metro, Stephen A. Rogers, Stephen Rogers, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, Wayne Freeman
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Being Followed
Kathy Hart, director of Medicaid for Onondaga County, retaliated. A few weeks after she read my email, I was followed. I went to a doctor’s appointment. When I came out and got into Thomas’ van for the return trip home, … Continue reading
Continued Letter to Rural Metro, and Consequences
(And oh, by the way, I have recently instituted a new personal policy that I will never keep a driver waiting for more than fifteen minutes. My salvation is in Christ, not American medicine, and if the doctor is late, … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Medicaid, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged complaint, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, government, Onondaga County, Rural Metro, Wayne Freeman
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Rural Metro and Poor People
The first thing wrong with the letter from Rural Metro was that it was post-marked June 20, 2003, but noted at the bottom that it had been revised July 8, 2003. Okay, we have just moved into the surreal world of … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, disability, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Onondaga County, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Values
Tagged deadbeat dads, Dept. of Social Services, Dr. Robert Friedman, DSS, MAS, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, moral, poor people, Post-Standard, poverty, Rural Metro, Syracuse.com
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Resume of an Activist
Anne C Woodlen Syracuse NY 13210 ribs2007@yahoo.com “Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, ‘How many positions did you hold,’ but rather, ‘How many people did you help?’” ―Thomas S. Monson In 2001 I began the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Mental Illness & Health, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, antidepressants, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, Citizens Review Board, citizenship, City of Syracuse, Crouse Hospital, David Sutkowy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, God, HUD, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS DOH, NYS OMIG, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Medicaid Inspector General, Onondaga County Legislature, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse Police Dept., values, Visiting Nurses Association, VNA, Welfare
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We Need Your Help
Yesterday the Veterans Administration Hospital discharged Dr. Michael Gregory, who has no home. Dr. Gregory, 73, has had seven strokes. He has an ostomy, diabetes, high blood pressure, MRSA, and cancer on his ear. He has reason to be concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Government Services, Recipes, Health Care, Death, Mental Illness & Health, Holistic, Values, Spirituality, Power, Sex, disability, disability rights, power wheelchairs, Fraud, advocacy, activism, Humor, Nature, Medical care, American medical industry, God, Depression, Powerlessness, Housing, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Medicaid, Medicare, Inpatient psychiatry, drugs, physician
Tagged health care, mental illness, Governance, democracy, diagnosis, mental disorder, values, death, Medicare, Medicaid, doctors, drugs, mental health, problem solving, power, disability, Medicine, Health, patients, Conditions and Diseases, assisted living, poverty, HUD, Onondaga County New York, Dept. of Social Services, Welfare, David Sutkowy, Post-Standard, Rural Metro, DSS, Social work, Gregory, Ruby Tuesday, David Carr, Rescue Mission, VA Hospital, homeless vet, Steven Armendarez, DAV
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The Old Man on the Sidewalk (Part II)
When Onondaga County Adult Protective Services was asked what to do about the homeless old man on the sidewalk in front of my apartment building, they said, “Send him to the second floor of the Civic Center.” That is the intake … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, Government Services, Health Care, Housing, Medical care, Poverty, Values
Tagged Adult Protective Services, Civic Center, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, DSS, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, poverty, problem solving, Social work, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, values, Welfare
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The Old Man on the Sidewalk
[All proper nouns relating to the man are fictitious equivalents. The man and the story are real.] Mike grew up in Schenectady, graduated high school and joined the Navy. After doing a four-year hitch, he spent a lot of time … Continue reading
