Re: [QUAD-L] Medicaid and ID Theft!

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:37:02 -0800

I had a PCA that also seemed too good to be true. I used to have to give her my pin number, because I cannot push the buttons of the ATM, for my ATM card. She managed to get a hold of my card and extract a couple of hundred dollars while I was sitting in the van waiting on her to fill my water containers. She also manipulated some of the checks that I had her write for herself. The detective from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department thought we had enough to charge her with defrauding a disabled person, a third-degree felony in a state of Florida, but the chicken shit state attorney's office would not prosecute. Thank goodness the detective would not take no for an answer and had the contiguous County, where she just happen to have had cashed the checks in, look into the case. Pinellas County, actually the St. Petersburg Police Department and state attorneys office of Pinellas County, prosecute her with great zeal. I did get some restitution, but anything taken whi! ch was committed in Hillsborough County was not returned. I also had a problem with the credit card company. They would not take charges that she had put on my card off, despite the fact that some of the very astute companies had her put her Florida driver's license number on the receipts.

Billy from Tampa

C2-3

9 years post

My blog: http://quadius-superbus.blogspot.com/



Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 Live & learn.  In 1998 I hired someone privately.  I was 20 yrs post & had hired
numerous aides.  This guy was as smooth coming as a baby's butt.  When nothing
is wrong with an aide (too good to be true) there's SOMETHING wrong usually.
 
He didn't steal my identity but did take a credit card, use it, and slide it back the
next day.  And stole nearly $20,000.00 in property ... some things non-replacable
by insurance.
 
We felt very violated and the police say "if we can't see him taking your stuff into HIS home, we
can't do anything."  LIKE HOW WOULD THAT OCCUR?  What a bunch of crap!
 
And the police TRIED dusting for prints on a wooden jewelry box ... saying they couldn't lift any.
More crap!  Enough dust was there to SEE them.  We were so rattled that we weren't
assertive enough at the time.
 
I'll never be TOO trusting again.
 
Lori 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: 03/01/05 10:06:12
To: quad
Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicaid and ID Theft!
 
Thats the way it worked for me, except I had private insurance that paid for
nearly everything.  After 2 years I was eligible for Medicare as my Primary
with my private picking up the rest.  When I reached the cap on my private I
had already been put on  a PCA program after being on the waiting list for 4
years.
It took several years before I was able to comprehend the medicaid red tape,
but with a very good case worker who was finally able to be able to explain
it.  Even then it took a few more years before I was able get the
"quarterly" requirement thing down.
 
But now everything is covered  nicely, I get my PCA money, I get homemaker
services--I don't ask, my case worker did not tell me how--I have a cushion
that finally works, figured out that I need to lay flat in bed, so my skin
is finally "not" a problem!
 
Now I need to find a replacement for an attendant that will probably be
spending some time in prison as she stole my ID!  Fortunately it was caught
soon enough that I only personally was taken for $100.  And I shred
"everything!!  Seems she has a record back in Philadelphia too, but the
officer working on the case did not seem to think they would want her back.
She was pregnant when I hired her, took a couple of days off for a
DNC--guess that was when she had the baby--then came back to work as if
nothing had happened!  I never knew or noticed anything in that
  area.  In hindsite it does explain a few times she came and was very hot
and had a difficult time getting the job done.
 
She was very dependable, always picked up extra hours when someone else
wanted off.  Never missed worked.  Was good at her job--she got me up on the
weekend mornings, did supper M-F and put me to bed M,T, &W nights.  It will
be hard to replace her.
 
One time I asked for a background check just for the heck of it from the
Independant Living Center that handles the payroll etc.--2 months later it
came in the mail.  The police will not do it.
 
I have since been told not to hire anyone who I do not get a copy of a state
wide background check that the person is su;pposed to send an information
sheet and $5 in to have done.  I had not looked at that  paper at all, so
did not know I was supposed to get a copy of it.  I thought they were not
supposed to get paid unless the person had done this. ( the independant
living center is now considering that) It includes a zerox of their SS
number and drivers license.  If I had waited for that to be done, I'm not
sure I would have hired her.  And in another hindsite, I doubt she sent that
in, altho the only record she seemed to have was in Philadelphia.
 
Her arrest was in the paper and all she was charged with was 2 counts of
misuse of a credit device. Her bail was $5500.  That will be a slap on the
hands!  So she is out on bail and will probably skip town.  If she does that
at least all I have to do is show up to court and if she does not, I win and
a warrent goes out for her.  I am still waiting for a warrent to catch
another person I took to court about 4 years ago and she did not show up.
So much for warrents!  ugh.
 
I do not know how to keep this from happening again, tho.  The 2 people
still working for me and have been for years, can't do it all.  Then there
are the homemakers that buy my groceries.  I give them a check.  I suppose
could just start using my debit card.
So anyway--be as careful as you can be!
take care,
 
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stacy Harim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Julie A Napper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] anniversary/medicaid
 
 
I don't know.  I have been getting disability all along.  I have been
getting attendant care services all along and I am surprised you aren't
getting Medicare already since you are getting SSI.  I am on the waiver
program in maryland.  I started getting medicare after 2 yrs on disability.
My brother gets ssdi and started getting medicare right away.  With the
waiver I automatically got medicaid and when I switched to medicare,
medicaid picked up the extra that medicare didn't cover.
 
Stacy
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Julie A Napper<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] anniversary/medicaid
 
 
  Hi Stacy,
 
  So, if someone is switched from SSI to Disability, then will they go from
  Medicaid to Medicare?  If so, how will that affect their attendant care?
 
  Julie C4-5  27 yrs post
 
  On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:53:30 -0500 "Stacy Harim"
  > Well I was literally days away from a nursing home coming from rehab.
  >  I had been fighting for housing for months before I knew when I was
  > going to be discharge. I took time to find all the things that I
  > would be eligible for so I could live on my own.  I found out how to
  > get rental assistance, Medicaid, but if your on disability you get
  > Medicare and can apply for Medicaid to pick up the difference.  I
  > got food stamps, electric assistance, and attendant care.  I am
  > barely making it but I am not in a nursing home.  Mark worked to get
  > himself out of one and there are a couple of other people on the
  > list that are in nursing homes or there were not that long ago. I
  > don't think they post much.  None of use deserve to be in a nursing
  > home.  That is partly why that I am going to school for social work.
  > I want to help keep disabled adults out of them.
  >
  > Stacy
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: dave
  >   To:
;
  >
  >   Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 2:10 PM
  >   Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] anniversary
  >
  >
  >   been in a nursing home since 99.
  >   around here if you don't have family or money to fill in the void
  > of
  >   coverage the government supplies, you get incarcerated.
  >
  >
  >   >From: "Stacy Harim"
  >
  >   >To:
"dave
  > headman"
  >   >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] anniversary
  >   >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:14:40 -0500
  >   >
  >   >Dave,
  >   >
  >   >I completely agree with you.  I wanted to shake the people that
  > told me
  >   >that.  How long have you been in a nursing home?  Why do you have
  > to be
  >   >there?  That is if you don't mind sharing the info.
  >   >
  >   >Stacy
  >   >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   >   From: dave
  >
  >   >   To:
  >
  >   >   Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:22 PM
  >   >   Subject: [QUAD-L] anniversary
  >   >
  >   >
  >   >   my sci anniversary was feb 19th my 26th year being stuck in
  > this body.
  >   >   i've heard a lot of you weigh in about the movie "million
  > dollar baby"
  >   >   i think the message is right on the money. i think i am the
  > only list
  >   >member
  >   >   thats actually in a nursing home, i see a lot of people that
  > need a
  >   >visit
  >   >   from clint eastwood. when you have family, friends,spouses and
  > or a
  >   >   job your outlook on life might be a little brighter.
  >   >   and if i hear that bullshit line "everything happens for a
  > reason" or
  >   >"gods
  >   >   will" my head will explode.
  >   >
  >   >   dave headman
  >   >   c4 26yrs post
  >   >
  >   >
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