tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post4164743989439175260..comments2023-12-03T09:52:05.145-08:00Comments on Diary of a Bad Housewife: Love In The Time Of AneurismsAlice Baghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12697810636017503496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-40221404104243514912007-02-22T21:47:00.000-08:002007-02-22T21:47:00.000-08:00Or copy/pastehttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/18802...Or copy/paste<BR/>http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18802<BR/><BR/>Whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-35873699118873048722007-02-22T21:26:00.000-08:002007-02-22T21:26:00.000-08:00Here's a great article by Paul Krugman in the New ...Here's a <A HREF="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18802" REL="nofollow">great article</A> by Paul Krugman in the New York Review of Books, explaining the economics of the health care crisis.<BR/><BR/>Great blog, Alice. Just discovered it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-12780190345982324162007-01-21T18:30:00.000-08:002007-01-21T18:30:00.000-08:00Hi - we met once via Ms. Vaginal Davis (I used to ...Hi - we met once via Ms. Vaginal Davis (I used to dj for her club, Bricktops). How might I get in touch with you? I am curating an exhibit and am hoping you can participate... Please e-mail me at: jennifer.doyle@ucr.edu<br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-80363773354197536762007-01-18T22:28:00.000-08:002007-01-18T22:28:00.000-08:00hey alice,
i would have emailed you with this bu...hey alice, <br /><br />i would have emailed you with this but you don't list an email on your site (that i can find, at least) so i'll just ask it here.<br /><br />any news on that portland documentary with footage of the bags playing? like, do you know if there is a title, or a site or if it has even been made yet? i'd really like to get my hands on it. :)<br /><br />thanks,<br />adrian/dxmkrew@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-11139700662361617822007-01-08T11:27:00.000-08:002007-01-08T11:27:00.000-08:00FYI, All county hospitals in LA have what is known...FYI, All county hospitals in LA have what is known as "Emergency Medi-Cal," in the event you qualify income wise. However, they also all have "Share of Cost Medi-Cal" in which you are financially screened and pay a certain percentage of your medical bill. You or someone who represents you should get to the financial services office of the hospital as soon as is possible in order to begin the screening for either of these programs. I used to work in a county hospital so I know these systems. <br /><br />For JLens, there is a free program for Medical care in LA County, It's called Queen's Care and they provide medical care for adults who have no insurance coverage and don't quality for Medi-Cal. I'll post that number for you later.<br /><br />Also, in the LA area, if you press 211 on the telephone, you will access a new program which will give you referrals to all social services and free or low cost medical programs available in LA county.<br /><br />Now, for Miss AB, let me tell you about one way that I was able to get Medi-Cal for my sister, who had a cancerous brain tumor (she later died). I got her into the In Home Supportive Services (IHSS)program (probably the same program that paid your friend for taking care of the elderly relatives.) Although we had a share of cost for this program, it automatically gave us Medi-Cal: Since the share of cost was for the in home attendant, who was my other sister, we just didn't bill for that amount. Does take make sense? In essence, my sister stated that my other sister paid her the share of cost amount, which she didn't of course, but we got Medi-Cal nonetheless. I hope that makes sense. When your friend gets out of the hospital, refer her to the LA In Home Supportive Services program which is at (213) 744-4477. If they can't get through that line, have them call the 211 number for their local office.<br /><br />Best of luck to everyone, l.a. geoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-28602867256405796602007-01-07T21:08:00.000-08:002007-01-07T21:08:00.000-08:00L.A. Geo, thank you very much for your suggestions...L.A. Geo, thank you very much for your suggestions, I will definitely share them with my friend's family. <br /><br />And because I suspect that Anonymous intended his/her remarks to be somewhat humorous, I’d like to give a more measured response than my last one. Darby Crash is dead, so it's easy to put whatever words you'd like into his mouth. Lots of people think they know what Darby would say or do if he were still around. He is frozen in time for them in a one-dimensional version that speaks only through his lyrics, some memories or stories that they’ve read about him. He’s not a middle aged man having to deal with the realities of everyday life. <br /><br />But for those of us who are still around, we can't be defined in such simple terms. I'm not the same Violence Girl that I was at seventeen. I'd like to think that age brings with it some measure of wisdom which allows me to use my venom with discretion. I still have plenty of venom left and there’s no shortage of targets for it, but if I just ranted all the time, life (and this blog) would get pretty tedious.Alice Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12697810636017503496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-16648019248642982852007-01-07T18:30:00.000-08:002007-01-07T18:30:00.000-08:00You go Miss Alice!!
First of all anonymous, the ...You go Miss Alice!! <br /><br />First of all anonymous, the word "rant" has some pretty negative conotations. Webster's dictionary defines rant as: to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner, or to scold vehemently. Nothing Miss Alice writes has come near that kind of vibrational frequency, until you of course, pissed her off!<br /><br />Second, to Miss Alice, I am so sorry about your friend. I am a social worker in the LA area, working with the Latino and African American poor for the past 20 years (my punk beliefs took me to a place where my political agenda could be realized i.e., working with the oppressed.) Anyway, I can't tell you how many times I have encountered similar situations. However, with your friend, I wonder why emergency Medi-Cal was never offered? I know that in most situations, the county hospitals offer that, or at least a screening for an "ability to pay" program. I'm wondering why that was overlooked. Sometimes private hospitals won't offer that as an option because they don't want to take the low reimbursement of the California Medi-Cal system. <br /><br />In the future, uninsured Californians might want to think about buying Kaiser insurance, which I think has some of the lowest cost, private pay plans, for around $175 a month, steep for some people I'm sure, but a visit to the ER for a broken arm (or hemmorage) would more than make up for the cost. <br /><br />So, I've said my piece and will pray for Miss Alice, anonymous, Miss Alice's friend, and of course, my self.<br /><br />Oh by the way, you should advise your friend to apply for Social Security Disability, which will provide her with some income while she recuperates. If you would like, I can also check some resources for possibly getting her Medi-Cal, as I have a friend who works in that area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-20966096881975714362007-01-07T07:52:00.000-08:002007-01-07T07:52:00.000-08:00Oh, and not to turn attention, but speaking of fri...Oh, and not to turn attention, but speaking of friends with health problems, if you get a moment you might want to check out this:<br />http://www.desotorecords.com/cal/index.shtmlMatt "Max" Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126126569405496001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416781.post-88522148957152427612007-01-07T07:49:00.000-08:002007-01-07T07:49:00.000-08:00Agreed: That Health Care is a human right. That hu...Agreed: That Health Care is a human right. That human rights are greater than financial rewards. That we should judge a society based upon how it treats its weakest citizen, not upon how it rewards its richest.Matt "Max" Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126126569405496001noreply@blogger.com