Tag Archives: Onondaga County

Transportation: From Medicaid to Centro

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

The only significant consequence of my meeting with County Legislator Kathy Rapp was that my vendor stopped carrying me.  He started kicking my rides back to Medicaid dispatch and saying that he couldn’t provide service in the time frame requested, … Continue reading →

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From Executive to Legislative

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

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 →

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The Contractor and the Contractee

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

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 →

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Being Followed

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

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 →

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Taking Note of Kathy Hart

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

People like to talk and what they like to talk about most is themselves—so listen, already.   You want information?  Call somebody up, ask a couple friendly questions, and then sit and listen.  Affirmatively say “uh-huh” from time to time, but … Continue reading →

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Two Suggestions

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

 But who was I—and who was Wayne Freeman—and in what context was I going to get “special” treatment in regard to Medicaid transportation? Medicaid transportation in Onondaga County bills New York State about eight million dollars a year and carries … Continue reading →

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Continued Letter to Rural Metro, and Consequences

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

(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 →

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So I Wrote to Rural Metro . . .

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

August 2, 2003 Mr. Michael Addario, General Manager, Rural Metro Re:  Medicaid Transport Dispatch Dear Mr. Addario: Please be advised that your employees are restricting my choice of transportation carriers. Last week, while on the phone with one of your … Continue reading →

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When “Sic” Meets Sick

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

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 →

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The Perception of Powerlessness

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

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 →

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