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“I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, death, depression, disability rights, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, God, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, roger levine, St. Joseph's Hospital, values
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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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Shit from Albany
Speaking of “wrong” vendors—Medicaid dispatch appeared to be violating the vendors’ right to fair trade. One vendor was talking to his lawyer about filing RICO charges against Wayne Freeman, et al. RICO is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law. … Continue reading
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
When “Sic” Meets Sick
My letter to Kathy Hart, Medicaid director, ended with “Ms Hart, do you realize how horrible this system is? Patients can’t get rides and providers can’t get paid because Medicaid Transport is so poorly managed. Elderly sick women in wheelchairs … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, disability, Fraud, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Onondaga County, political corruption, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Holy Bible, Jesus, Kathy Hart, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Onondaga County, poverty, Rural Metro, sic, sickness
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The Perception of Powerlessness
So the days and nights went on, indistinguishable from one another, and I went to a neuropsychologist who told me that depression is triggered by the perception of powerlessness. Then he told me to take more pills. Antidepressants pills were what had … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Depression, disability, drugs, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Onondaga County, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged antidepressants, depression, Dept. of Social Services, God, Kathy Hart, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Onondaga County, PNIE, power, powerlessness, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology
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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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Death of a Citizen; Birth of a Christian
In the homeless shelter, I was required to apply for Social Security Disability (SSD). In July 1991 I was declared totally disabled and awarded SSD; with that came Medicare and Medicaid. Transitional Living Services got me out of the shelter and … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, disability, drugs, God, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Spirituality, Values
Tagged antidepressants, Christian, citizen, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, Food Stamps, God, health care, HEAP, Holy Bible, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, Social Security, values
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