On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:56:01 -0500 nancy <[log in to unmask]> writes: > HOW DO U GET EXEMPT FROM PAYING UR PROPERTY TAXES? It has taken 5 years of presentations of my expenses and income periodically to City Welfare, and two rounds of efforts woth th e City Council, the second with an excellent attorney's advice.> Also, my growing reputation both as a local patient-advocate and as a piano-playing PD patient who sponsors research fundraisers has helped. Go to your municipal councillors or counsel, or try going to the town social services director. Ask your neurologist if he or she would be available to comment on or verify what your specifically PD-relatedmedical and adapative equipment expenses are HOW DO U GET UR ELECTRIC BILL PAID FOR? I have not yet applied, but it looks like it is unavoidable. . It would be by proof that your consumption is reasonable and that your resources are insufficient. It would be for an occasional bill, not every bill, and you would have to demonstrate a Disconnection Notice> > I AM BY NO MEANS SAYING U SHOULDN'T OR SHOULD OR WHATEVER. I JUST AM > INTERESTED IN MAINE LAWS concerning waiver health. You can look up some relevant laws by searching on the web under "Maine Statutes" and for my medicaid waiver program, look under Adults with Physical Disabilities waiver, Alpha One, Inc. and Bureau of Elder and Adult Services. > > I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE UR REPLY. > > nancy m. > > > Ivan M Suzman wrote: > > > > Happy New Year???? > > Electric company disconnect notices? > > for unpayble $292.00 elecric bills > > for my own home, after three months > > of avoidance of an unpayable bill that > > the SYStem (City welfare) isn't paying?? > > > > Well, folks, here is today's > > installlment of: > > > > HIGH DRAMA in MAINE > > > > No wonder people say > > that Maine has a high > > rate of institutionalization! > > Thanks to Maine's most recent > > "assessment" of the state of my health, > > I have to fight for my life at a DHS hearing tomorrow, > > to retain the 13 hrs of help per day > > that I have had for 2 years already. > > > > Oh, excuse ,me, did someone > > say tha t Parkinson's gets ssuddenly better > > in your 15th year of it?? > > > > My neurologist has been subpoenaed, > > my witnesses are outraged, > > and I am being forced to venture out > > at the crack of dawn, > > into the depths of winter. > > > > And what happens if I have a freezing > > episode in the hearing room? ANd > > do the proceedings get dragged out > > INDEFINITELY when th eState > > CROSS-Examines me??? > > > > Tomorow I have to prove that I am not > > committing fraud, that I really do have > > PD, that I relaly do need help. > > > > NO kind nurse here, no, this is > > "Cut Ivan to 5 hours a day from > > 13 hours a dyay, after all, he is a > > blatant homosexual who drives > > and runs for office! > > > > Excuse me, who was filming > > me secretly?? > > > > Yes, this is my judegement day. > > Who says that PWP's have to be docile > > submissive, and sensitive? > > > > This PWP says ENOUGH !! And to all] > > those who think that the "Fox Factor" > > is enough to get > > the public behind us poor, > > suffering PWP's, > > well, FORGET IT!!! > > > > I can just see my computer set up > > in the nurisng home, IF they take > > away so many hours from me that > > I am too exhausted to function > > "NORMALLY." > > > > Who wrote this script, anyway? > > Is this a preext or pretense or > > prejudice or WHAT is going on > > her, folks?? > > > > I hardly have time to do ordinary > > things, like use my on-periods > > to get bathed, dressed and do laundry!! > > > > Ivan Suzman 51-39-36, and > > ANGRY AT THE SYSTEM > > :-& ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 51/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************