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Welfare, Racism, and the Post-Standard (Part III)
More than four thousand people have read my blogs on Medicaid, Food Stamps and Welfare. Post-Standard Managing Editor Stan Linhorst, take note: the people want to know and you aren’t telling them. Your readership is way down and one of … Continue reading
Posted in disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability rights, DSS, Food Stamps, Governance, health care, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, power, racism, values, Welfare
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Welfare, Racism and the Post-Standard (Part II)
By April 15, 2011, I was asking different kinds of questions in “Welfare Information: Getting’ It”: How can county legislators vote the budget without knowing who’s on Welfare and what it’s costing? “All there is to work with is [County … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Poverty
Tagged black people, County Legislature, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, Education, Food Stamps, Joanie Mahoney, location, marital status, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, poor people, Post-Standard, poverty, race, racism, sex, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Syracuse, Welfare, white people
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Welfare, Racism and the Post-Standard (Part I)
I used to read the Post-Standard on line at Syracuse.com, and I read the comments after the stories. Today there is a story about a 15-year-old who got into a fight at the mall and was arrested for having a sawed-off … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged african american, black, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, Food Stamps, government, health care, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, racism, Stan Linhorst, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Syracuse.com, Temporary Assistance, values, Welfare
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Wayne Freeman’s At It Again
All you faithful readers will remember that Wayne Freeman is co-owner of Medical Answering Service (MAS). MAS is a private company that has gotten contracts in several New York State counties to provide dispatch services for Medicaid transportation. Wayne Freeman … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged CIA, Corporate Integrity Agreement, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, racism, Russell Maxwell, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen
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Welfare Information: Gettin’ It
What you want to know is how many people are receiving services and how much it costs. I know this is what you want to know because you are flooding my blog with searches. In the past week, there have … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty
Tagged 435-1900, activist, County Executive, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, Governance, information, Joanie Mahoney, Legislature, Medicaid, OCPL, Onondaga County New York, Onondaga County Public Library, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, public assistance, racism, Reference Dept., Stan Linhorst, Welfare
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R*E*S*P*E*C*T and the Aluminum Baseball Bat (Part I)
I am currently absent one home health aide. Whether she quit or I fired her is a toss up. Reduced to its essence, the exchange was as follows: Me: Next, pick up the stuff. Her: Pick it up yourself. … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Government Services, Health Care, Poverty, Power
Tagged african american, black, disability, Disabled, health care, home health aide, HUD, loneliness, racism, relationships, violence
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