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Tag Archives: Rural Metro
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
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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So I Wrote to Rural Metro . . .
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
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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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 Old Man has a Name (Part V)
The Old Man on the Sidewalk has a real name: Edward C. Bloser. He was on the sidewalk with his five cartons of possessions because the good Lord put him right in front of me where I’d have to trip … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Health Care, Medical care, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged ambulance, choice, Conditions and Diseases, democracy, disability, disability rights, Edward C Bloser, Freedom, God, Governance, health care, Onondaga County New York, Paramedic, Patient, poverty, power, Rural Metro, TLC Medical Transport, VA Hospital, Veterans Administration, Veterans Health Administration
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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 activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, Fraud, God, Government Services, Health Care, Holistic, Housing, Humor, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Recipes, Sex, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Values
Tagged assisted living, Conditions and Diseases, DAV, David Carr, David Sutkowy, death, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Governance, Gregory, Health, health care, homeless vet, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, Rescue Mission, Ruby Tuesday, Rural Metro, Social work, Steven Armendarez, VA Hospital, values, Welfare
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Under Cover of Darkness: Corruption in Onondaga County Government (Part II)
So Wayne Freeman, doing business as Medical Answering Service (MAS), LLC, was botching the job and the result was that I couldn’t get to my doctors’ appointments, so I started asking questions. One of the things I learned was … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid
Tagged Assisant Commissioner Kathy Hart, Chief Welfare Attorney, Commissioner David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, free speech, intimidation, MAS, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Onondaga County, Onondaga County Republican Party, retaliation, Rural Metro, Russell Maxwell, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen
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