2012

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Bank of America
October 16th, 2012 @ 1:23 pm

Last year my sister and I did our best to help mom manage her finances, and one of the things we did was create a joint checking account that I shared with her. Her Social Security checks would get deposited there, and then I would pay her bills electronically. Bank of America was debiting the […]

Social Security Disability Approved
October 16th, 2012 @ 11:36 am

Shay Murphy kept her promise and called me shortly after eleven o’clock this morning. She told me that the Florida Department of Health had approved mom’s eligibility to receive Social Security disability payments retroactively from December 1st, 2011 until her death on August 12th, 2012. Shay said that her supervisor had approved mom’s eligibility, and […]

Social Security Disability
October 16th, 2012 @ 8:23 am

I called Shay Murphy from the Florida Department of Health again this morning. Unlike yesterday I actually managed to get her on the phone, and she seemed to be a very sweet and caring person. We spoke for twenty-four minutes, and she explained to me how she had been unable to convince anyone at Halifax […]

Autopsy Bill
October 16th, 2012 @ 8:16 am

I called Dr. Wolf on the morning of October 16th, 2012 because apparently she was concerned about the status of my bill with her for performing the autopsy on mom. I explained that I had unfortunately completely misunderstood Steve Phillips, my attorney; I had thought that his law firm was going to remit the other […]

Central Florida Podiatry
October 15th, 2012 @ 11:25 am

My sister sent me a bill addressed to mom and dated August 21st, 2012. It’s from Central Florida Podiatry for — as far as I can tell — a pedicure mom received on March 20th. She was at Grace Manor at the time. The bill is for $100.00 due to Dr. Agnes K Bartoszek. I […]

Florida Department of Health
October 15th, 2012 @ 9:11 am

This morning when I got to work I called Shay Murphy, Medical Disability Adjudicator with the Florida Department of Health. 1 I called the (800) 821-8122 number on the bottom of the letter my sister was mailed on September 20th. 2 The letter, addressed to my mother — who died on August 12, 2012 — […]

Bill for Autopsy
October 11th, 2012 @ 8:25 am

Attorney Steve Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP emailed me on the morning of October 11th, 2012. He forwarded me an email he received from Dr. Wolf with a copy of her bill attached.   From: Phillips, Steve <SPhillips@wprclaw.com> To: Gagne, David Subject: FW: Gagne, Kathleen – Dr.wolf’s bill Sent: October 11, 2012 8:25 AM […]

Status Update Request
October 9th, 2012 @ 9:06 am

Here is an email I sent to attorney Steven Phillips at 9:06 AM on October 9th, 2012: Hey Steve, Has there been any progress at all with my mom’s case? I am becoming increasingly anxious that as more time passes, it is more and more likely that records — especially ones from Woodland Terrace — […]

An Issue
October 3rd, 2012 @ 11:46 am

I received the following email from Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary: Good Afternoon, I received a letter in today’s mail stating that there was an issue regarding a chargeback/stop payment regarding your bill. I needed clarification on this and wanted to know if you ever received the cremated remains of your mother and if […]

Beyond the Brain
October 1st, 2012 @ 10:22 am

One of the featured Longreads last week is on the subject of schizophrenia. In the 1990s, scientists declared that schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses were pure brain disorders that would eventually yield to drugs. Now they are recognizing that social factors are among the causes, and must be part of the cure. Here’s the part […]

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