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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
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Up to a Point
I used to get fired a lot and what I discovered was that if I immediately went down and applied for Unemployment then I’d get a new job within days. If I didn’t apply for Unemployment then I’d linger for … Continue reading
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
Medicaid, Racism, and the Post-Standard (Part IV)
The single most-searched question on my blog is about how long people receive Welfare. People ask about third-generation Welfare recipients. I ask if there are any or is that an urban myth? People ask about poor people receiving Welfare for … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty
Tagged David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Governance, health care, Medicaid, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Welfare
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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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Sex, Doctors, “Mental Illness” and Medicaid
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something in your life.” Winston Churchill The underlined questions are things for which people searched my blog, followed by my answers. Why is sex on the beach bad? I dunno—pretty sandy? … Continue reading
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Tagged ARISE, CDPAP, consumer directed personal assistant program, CPEP, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Enable, health care, Health Department, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, NYS DOH, Office of Professional Medical Conduct, Onondaga County New York, OPMC, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, psychiatric disorders, relationships, Resource Center, sex, Social Security, Wayne Freeman, Welfare, Zachary Karmen
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