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Tag Archives: David Sutkowy
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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Resume of an Activist
Anne C Woodlen Syracuse NY 13210 “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 work … 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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Skip Two Steps and Listen
What follows is a treatise on governance that is relevant to all those who govern and those who are governed. It grew out of a meeting a week ago between county officials and people with disabilities. The county had established … Continue reading
Getting Fired
According to Richard Gottlieb, MSW and Diplomate with a capital D, last year at the Empathic Therapy Conference Dr. Peter Breggin said, “If you haven’t been fired at least once, you’re not doing your job.” Dick and I had been engaged in … 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 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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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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