Comments on: Morning Bell: The Truth About Medicare’s Administrative Costs

By: Deborah Calvert, New

Deborah Calvert, New — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:27:41 +0000

I placed my mother in a Sunbridge nursing home facility owned by Sun Healthcare Group Inc. after caring for her 6 yrs at home. She was very happy to be near her peers and socialize. Nine monhts later the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development condemned their HVAC system to patient rooms. Numerous families complained to management about this and broken blood pressure monitors and cuffs, thermometers, blood sugar montior and oxygen saturation monitors. Management sent mid level managers to meet with families and encourage us to move to another facility if we did not like their lack of staffing according to law, they were on a budget and couldn't even afford to advertise for nurses. We called in the Guardian Angels program with the Dept of Justice State Attorney General's office to help us. SUN attempted to bar families from visiting and the Guardian Angels program called the Dept of Health to call SUN and demand the visiting hours signs be removed within 24 hrs or risk a fine. It was simply illegal. Not long afterward they finally sent a board member to visit families and he directly fired the Administrator and DON. YET equipment did NOT get fixed or replaced, and I received a letter from the board member in writing that the lack of HVAC to patient rooms was historically not harmful. We watched patients die due to their negligence from Oct – Dec 2003 to the degree the Dept of Health shut them down with only 37 patients remaining, refusing admittances for six months until the new license holder NEWPORT NURSING could properly train employees SUN left behind 12/1/2003 when they sold the facility. Unfortaunately, the broken equipment led to my mother's long suffering death after a stroke they caused she couldn't swallow. Their medical director and her personal physician, Dr L Scott Stoney, declared SUN killed her due to these errors. We could prove willful misconduct by the top management for not responding to this critical situation and violating a California State injunction from 2001 for killing patients with a broken HVAC system in Burlingame, Calif in 2000. This was blatant disregard for human life by the CEO of Sun Healthcare, a publicly traded corporation overseen by the SEC..

I sued but apparently my attorney began working for Sun. He threatened me in mediation settlement for SUN's CEO, stating if I insisted on a jury trial he'd not only harm me but also make me out to be a crazy woman. I was coerced into signing off on only a fraud charge, since this attny had dropped wrongful death, elder abuse, injunctive relief, while I had surgery at UCLA for a pancreatic tumor. But I was smart enough to refuse to sign any confidentiality agreement. I sued Dan Liepold for malpractice, he died 2 weeks after learning I'd hired Eugen Andres to represent me. Think he was stressed? I won that case in 2008.

Sun cheated the Calif taxpayers of out millions of dollars in fines, as the Deputy Attorney General, Claude Vanderwold, told my attorney and I that this facility of Sun's in Newport Beach was NOT considered in the fine they issued to SUN worth $2.5 Million in Sept 2005 for violating the injunction. Sun cheated me out of treble damages for being able to prove willful misconduct, or $3-$4 Million.

Was this corporate corruption?

Buzz Aldrin would say "this isn't rocket science".

Deborah Calvert, Newport Beach, California

and former assistant to Buzz Aldrin

By: sandy arizona

sandy arizona — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:55:38 +0000

Have any of you had an honest response to your questions from your elected representatives?

Term limits nationwide

Also just check the millions of dollars doled out to Medicare officials each year in bonuses We need a house cleaning for all of those who do not honor their oath of office or the constitution.

By: Dave Schraub, Indiana

Dave Schraub, Indiana — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:35:56 +0000

Comrade Ken, your statement on medicare explains everything I need to know about you. You don’t understand that you will be the biggest loser, if this socialized program goes thru. Have a good day.

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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:45:58 +0000

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By: Dennis A. Social Cir

Dennis A. Social Cir — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:12:56 +0000

We all voice our opinion about this subject and that is all most do. If the American people want this mess stoped we need to be active in all areas. It is time that letters are written, e-mails are sent, phone calls are made and personal visits are made to our Senators and Representives. We the people have the power to bring all this "guvernment" intervention to a halt, it is left up to us to stand up and tell them enough all ready.

The "guvernment" is known for its lack of responsiblity when it comes to programs funded with tax payer monies. They are penny wise and dollar foolish. All obama nd reid, and pelosi need to do is convince 30% of the people that this is the right thing to do and it happens. The other 70% will belly ache but never do anything about the problem. I have heard to many say "my vote does not count" well it is past time to make that vote count and be heard on these and other issues.

By: Harry, Illinois

Harry, Illinois — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:43:33 +0000

I rent a blood tester from a company that charges $280/month for me to test my blood each week. I call in those test results each week and they call it in to the doctor.

Before becoming eligible for Medicare, my insurance company prior to any payments being made by either them or the patient, would allow a negotiated price of $108.00/month for this unit. Now that Medicare is my primary insurance, Medicare allows $149.91/month for the unit. As you can see, that is quite a bit of difference. It would appear to me, that the government should be in a very good position to negotiate a similar if not a lesser rate. Can you imagine what the cost will be if they pass National Health Care?

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Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:35:55 +0000

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By: Christopher Popham S

Christopher Popham S — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:36:50 +0000

There is an alternative option to nationalizing

your health care choices. It is a co-operative

plan, known as the Alexander McGee Medical Plan.

For all the information on this plan go to,
http://www.breakingnewsjournal.net

We must not allow the federal government to

control and dictate how, when, where and by whom

our medical health care is administered.

At least take a few minutes to familiarize

yourselves with the benefits of this plan.

Thank you.

By: Helmetfoot Boston,

Helmetfoot Boston, — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:10:44 +0000

I hope I wake up soon.

This administration reminds me of "Student Government Day." That's the day that high school kids are "elected" to fill the jobs of the real legislators, and all the elected officers.

The problem is, the bloody kids didn't go home! They stayed and stayed and stayed. They just got in the way of the grown-ups but because there are so many talkers and not enough doers, they had their support.

That's what the problem is: the Kids haven't gone home.

They will when I wake up. I hope.

By: bob, Washington Stat

bob, Washington Stat — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:07:33 +0000

Government administrative costs always take me back to an old saying……. "government workers, they don't get rich, but then they don't get tired either"