Comments on: Who’s In Charge At The S.C. State House? http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:38:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fees And Loons | FITSNews http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-36601 Fees And Loons | FITSNews Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:08:09 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-36601 [...] in addition to the disturbing personage of Thomas himself is the fact his panel is only looking at seven out of the eleventy kabillion agencies our [...] [...] in addition to the disturbing personage of Thomas himself is the fact his panel is only looking at seven out of the eleventy kabillion agencies our [...]

]]> By: Moving Chairs? :: FITSNews http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-36429 Moving Chairs? :: FITSNews Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:21:56 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-36429 [...] when you’ve got so-called Republican committee chairmen like Sen. David Thomas of Greenville bending over to do the bidding of left-of-Streisand groups like the S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center, what possible difference [...] [...] when you’ve got so-called Republican committee chairmen like Sen. David Thomas of Greenville bending over to do the bidding of left-of-Streisand groups like the S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center, what possible difference [...]

]]> By: “So Gay” Bashing | FITSNews For Now http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-30438 “So Gay” Bashing | FITSNews For Now Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:23:28 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-30438 [...] that Sen. Thomas is as liberal as they come, routinely allowing left-wing out-of-state interests to control his Senate banking committee. But when it comes to ejaculating the Bob Jones University crowd with a bunch of mindless social [...] [...] that Sen. Thomas is as liberal as they come, routinely allowing left-wing out-of-state interests to control his Senate banking committee. But when it comes to ejaculating the Bob Jones University crowd with a bunch of mindless social [...]

]]> By: Welcome To South Carolina | FITSNews For Now http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-28029 Welcome To South Carolina | FITSNews For Now Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:26:55 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-28029 [...] continues to lag behind the rest of the country in … well, everything. The ease with which anti-business special interests can control our legislative process is staggering, particularly considering that this is supposed to be a “Republican” [...] [...] continues to lag behind the rest of the country in … well, everything. The ease with which anti-business special interests can control our legislative process is staggering, particularly considering that this is supposed to be a “Republican” [...]

]]> By: FITSNews Exclusive - The Real Shady Money | FITSNews For Now http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-21946 FITSNews Exclusive - The Real Shady Money | FITSNews For Now Fri, 16 May 2008 05:18:07 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-21946 [...] this year on the criminalization of legal campaign contributions - has been retained by the S.C. Senate Republican Caucus to manage its soft money account, which could dump as much as half a million dollars into [...] [...] this year on the criminalization of legal campaign contributions - has been retained by the S.C. Senate Republican Caucus to manage its soft money account, which could dump as much as half a million dollars into [...]

]]> By: Something’s Brewing | FITSNews For Now http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-21288 Something’s Brewing | FITSNews For Now Mon, 12 May 2008 14:07:31 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-21288 [...] The third group - and unfortunately, the largest of the bunch - is the RINO Caucus, a group of “Republicans In Name Only” who have consistently joined with the Democrats in blowing tax dollars, electing liberal judges and blocking long-overdue reforms. Sadly, this group includes incredibly powerful lawmakers like Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell, Ways & Means Chairman Dan Cooper, LCI Chairman Harry Cato, Education Chairman Bob Walker and pretty much the entire S.C. Senate. [...] [...] The third group - and unfortunately, the largest of the bunch – is the RINO Caucus, a group of “Republicans In Name Only” who have consistently joined with the Democrats in blowing tax dollars, electing liberal judges and blocking long-overdue reforms. Sadly, this group includes incredibly powerful lawmakers like Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell, Ways & Means Chairman Dan Cooper, LCI Chairman Harry Cato, Education Chairman Bob Walker and pretty much the entire S.C. Senate. [...]

]]> By: FITSNews Exclusive - McConnell To Push Revenue Cap | FITSNews For Now http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-11637 FITSNews Exclusive - McConnell To Push Revenue Cap | FITSNews For Now Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:19:23 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-11637 [...] get on the statewide ballot . Ordinarily, that would be a longshot given the leftist lean of the South Carolina Senate, but McConnell says the rising tide of voter dissatisfaction with wasteful spending could force the [...] [...] get on the statewide ballot . Ordinarily, that would be a longshot given the leftist lean of the South Carolina Senate, but McConnell says the rising tide of voter dissatisfaction with wasteful spending could force the [...]

]]> By: Beverly Moore-Rowe http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-10825 Beverly Moore-Rowe Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:40:48 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-10825 I am having difficulty finding a Medicaid Bed for long term care for my mother. My mother is currently in a Skilled nursing home for Rehab. which is being financed by her Medicare. Her 100 days of Medicare for Rehab are rapidly being used up. The nursing home has said that my mother really should not come home and that she needs skilled care. I am a disabled adult with a spine injury myself and am on crutches. I ambulate slowly and have degeritive hips as well as asthma and Diabetes. I have health problems and physical limitations which will make it difficult if not impossible for me to provide for the care my mother needs. I am only child and I have no support system for providing care for my mother in my home. Mother has been approved for Medicaid for long term care. I have sought assistance and am hitting a brick wall and am told that there are no Medicaid beds in the Charleston area or anywhere else in SC. I was told that the system could seek a bed for my mother anywhere fifty miles in any direction outside SC in surrounding states. I want my mother in a nursing home in Charleston where I visit her and monitor her treatment and care. If she is anywhere else I would have limitations on how frequently I could visit her and I would be unable to make sure that she is actually cared for in a nursing home. I have been told many things which make me feel that there is a huge problem with how the Medicaid system works. Multiple social workers have said that the only thing that makes a patient appealing to a Nursing home is if the person has the 100 Medicare Days for Rehab. I am also told that Nursing homes can pick who ever that want to admit and that admissions are not always based on medical need due to the disability or illness. I was also told that Nursing homes that have Medicaid slots (Beds) don't always fill those beds with Medicaid patients and that frequently they opt to admit Private pay Patients into those slots. Furthermore I was told that Nursing homes role private pay patients into exsisting Medicaid slots when their money begins to run out and that they assist the patient in applying for Medicaid for Long term continued care in there facility. My mother is on waiting lists for all the Nursing Homes in the Charleston area and the waiting lists are long. I am told that the waiting lists are two -three years long for geeting a bed. What is someone in my situation to do? Is there any type of appeal process. I nee answere and all I am getting is that I should bring my mother home with a hospital bed and a bedside comode and three hours of services in the home each week. There is twenty four hours in a day and three hours will help little with the problems and care that are truly needed. My mother is in a wheelchair and is assisted to ambulate with a walker in the Rehab facility but is unable to walk without someone holding on to her. Is there any appeal process? I have called everyone I have been given as a contact and can't find any solution. I there any way that a Private Pay facility that does not have Medicaid slots could take mother and be paid by Medicaid for the Long term care at least until a Medicaid bed opens up in a facility that does have Medicaid slots? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at excommunicated@comcast.net I am having difficulty finding a Medicaid Bed for long term care for my mother. My mother is currently in a Skilled nursing home for Rehab. which is being financed by her Medicare. Her 100 days of Medicare for Rehab are rapidly being used up. The nursing home has said that my mother really should not come home and that she needs skilled care.
I am a disabled adult with a spine injury myself and am on crutches. I ambulate slowly and have degeritive hips as well as asthma and Diabetes. I have health problems and physical limitations which will make it difficult if not impossible for me to provide for the care my mother needs. I am only child and I have no support system for providing care for my mother in my home. Mother has been approved for Medicaid for long term care. I have sought assistance and am hitting a brick wall and am told that there are no Medicaid beds in the Charleston area or anywhere else in SC. I was told that the system could seek a bed for my mother anywhere fifty miles in any direction outside SC in surrounding states. I want my mother in a nursing home in Charleston where I visit her and monitor her treatment and care.
If she is anywhere else I would have limitations on how frequently I could visit her and I would be unable to make sure that she is actually cared for in a nursing home.
I have been told many things which make me feel that there is a huge problem with how the Medicaid system works. Multiple social workers have said that the only thing that makes a patient appealing to a Nursing home is if the person has the 100 Medicare Days for Rehab. I am also told that Nursing homes can pick who ever that want to admit and that admissions are not always based on medical
need due to the disability or illness. I was also told that Nursing homes that have Medicaid slots (Beds) don’t always fill those beds with Medicaid patients and that frequently they opt to admit Private pay Patients into those slots. Furthermore I was told that Nursing homes role private pay patients into exsisting Medicaid slots when their money begins to run out and that they assist the patient in applying for Medicaid for Long term continued care in there facility.
My mother is on waiting lists for all the Nursing Homes in the Charleston area and the waiting lists are long. I am told that the waiting lists are two -three years long for geeting a bed.
What is someone in my situation to do?
Is there any type of appeal process. I nee answere and all I am getting is that I should bring my mother home with a hospital bed and a bedside comode and three hours of services in the home each week. There is twenty four hours in a day and three hours will help little with the problems and care that are truly needed. My mother is in a wheelchair and is assisted to ambulate with a walker in the Rehab facility but is unable to walk without someone holding on to her.
Is there any appeal process?
I have called everyone I have been given as a contact and can’t find any solution.
I there any way that a Private Pay facility that does not have Medicaid slots could take mother and be paid by Medicaid for the Long term care at least until a Medicaid bed opens up in a facility that does have Medicaid slots?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I can be contacted at excommunicated@comcast.net

]]> By: Oh, you're kidding, right? http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-9873 Oh, you're kidding, right? Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:53:33 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-9873 The poor shouldn't have any organizations devoted to their aid and education, especially not ones with any political clout. What an evil liberal special interest --Appleseed must be crooked, especially if there's national funding involved. (Btw, exactly what legislation are we talking about that the great-unwashed-aiding Appleseeders are behind, since no specific reference is made? I want to call my RINO legislator and oppose it, whatever it is.) Further, the problems with workers' comp in SC have NOTHING to do with the rising cost of the medical care it takes to treat these faked injuries sustained in perfectly good working conditions. It's ALL because of the greedy lawyer-legislators; these Appleseed people must be in their pocket. And lastly, we need better ethics regulation when it comes to the activities of these organizations and politicians who help groups like the poor and children. But, we need to oppose bills like S. 714, because that might regulate some of the good groups who have bought and paid for their right to free speech with their own money, and who deserve the privilege of purchasing it anonymously. In all seriousness, what did this post actually have to do with promoting transparency and financial responsibility in government? It was just a baseless smear on Appleseed and any social welfare groups, feeding the stereotype that conservatives must be hypocritical and heartless. It did nothing to advance the cause of true fiscal conservatism. The poor shouldn’t have any organizations devoted to their aid and education, especially not ones with any political clout. What an evil liberal special interest –Appleseed must be crooked, especially if there’s national funding involved. (Btw, exactly what legislation are we talking about that the great-unwashed-aiding Appleseeders are behind, since no specific reference is made? I want to call my RINO legislator and oppose it, whatever it is.)

Further, the problems with workers’ comp in SC have NOTHING to do with the rising cost of the medical care it takes to treat these faked injuries sustained in perfectly good working conditions. It’s ALL because of the greedy lawyer-legislators; these Appleseed people must be in their pocket.

And lastly, we need better ethics regulation when it comes to the activities of these organizations and politicians who help groups like the poor and children. But, we need to oppose bills like S. 714, because that might regulate some of the good groups who have bought and paid for their right to free speech with their own money, and who deserve the privilege of purchasing it anonymously.

In all seriousness, what did this post actually have to do with promoting transparency and financial responsibility in government? It was just a baseless smear on Appleseed and any social welfare groups, feeding the stereotype that conservatives must be hypocritical and heartless. It did nothing to advance the cause of true fiscal conservatism.

]]> By: Katie http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/comment-page-1/#comment-9850 Katie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:17:22 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/02/15/whos-in-charge-at-the-sc-state-house/#comment-9850 Wow, I am appalled at this attack on Appleseed and Sue Berkowitz! I interned there for a year and was amazed at how hard Sue and her team work for low income South Carolinians who otherwize would have no voice in the legislature. You "happen" to have ignored the Domestic Violence Act that was passed because of Sue's efforts. You also forgot about the 40,000 individuals that were allowed to regain medicaid benefits because Appleseed demanded that the state Department of Health and Human Services follow federal medicaid laws. How dare Sue help those without health benefits! I could go on and on, but I don't think I'd have the room to list all of their accomplishments. In the future, you should try to focus on the real threats in the legislature and not non-profit groups advocating for our needy communities. Wow, I am appalled at this attack on Appleseed and Sue Berkowitz! I interned there for a year and was amazed at how hard Sue and her team work for low income South Carolinians who otherwize would have no voice in the legislature. You “happen” to have ignored the Domestic Violence Act that was passed because of Sue’s efforts. You also forgot about the 40,000 individuals that were allowed to regain medicaid benefits because Appleseed demanded that the state Department of Health and Human Services follow federal medicaid laws. How dare Sue help those without health benefits! I could go on and on, but I don’t think I’d have the room to list all of their accomplishments. In the future, you should try to focus on the real threats in the legislature and not non-profit groups advocating for our needy communities.

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