A vehicle for judicial reform is found in Cook county, Illinois.
It seems that to supplement income, one or more nursing home operator would send out hoodlums who would readily kidnap homeless people. These victims would be herded first to emergency rooms to deal with beating and drugs that were administered to them, and then into the court system and the public guardianship office. With the appointment of a guardian nursing home accommodations were arranged for and fraud on the health care system commenced.
the Illinois political machine provided cover and protection until the last dime could be squeezed.
Today, one of the e-mails I sent out reads:
People in the know, all of whom demand their their confidences be kept have suggested that an examination of the records of the Public Guardian's office records will reveal that Miriam Solo (now Greenfield) just happened to be the person in charge of dealing with the persons who were allegedly kidnapped so that they could provide pecuniary assistance to certain favored nursing home operators. Miriam Solo is the attorney that was the subject of Gore family complaints (the Gore case was the case in which gold was harvested from her mouth). The street suggests that JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE was the proximate cause of Ms. Solo's being removed from her position at the Public Guardian's office.
I did run across the following article, to wit:
Nancy J. Thorner
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I thought when I first learned of the rampage and the kidnapping of the homeless, I had stumbled upon something new. Oh, I heard from other attorneys that the public guardian's office was duty and a training ground for the corrupt lawyers who were doing the breaches of fiduciary relationship, the theft, and the over=charges, but, I stubbornly believed that few, if any, lawyers who I knew could be so low and so venal as to engage/participate in such actions. Then I was asked by some friends and neighbors of Mary Sykes to look into her situation. What a revelation!
Lawyers who regularly frequented the Probate division warned me about ******, and pointed out that they cut their teeth at the Public Guardian's office. I was warned that Judge Connors was 'dirty' however, my experience with her previously did not give me such an impression. In fact it was not until her evidence deposition (see Page 90 and following) that I realized that she had no shame in admitting the she was 'fixed!'
As the kidnapping of the homeless for the purpose of defrauding the United States of America is apparently old hat and has been a known activity for more than a decade, is it not time for the Civil Liberties Union to get excited? Where has the Justice Department and the Attorney General's office been? Why has the Tribune and the Sun-Times been so quiet and not covered this holocaust! Where are our elected leaders?
All of the foregoing is water under the bridge! This amoral assault on America's core values has to cease and desist right now. Jerome Larkin's (IARDC) cover up has to stop and an honest investigation of his cover-up and obstruction of justice occur. The fraud on the health care system has to stop and criminal prosecutions commence instanter. Illinois has to be made solvent, ergo the Illinois Department of Revenue has to collect the Income taxes due from Mr. Larkin and his cohorts pursuant to their joint and several liability.
By taking the profit out of this criminal enterprise - by collecting the taxes, interest, and penalties from Mr. Larkin and the corrupt lawyers and judges their participation should be tempered. Their seeking reimbursement from their co-conspirators ******. The foregoing gives law enforcement the opportunity to do the due process investigations.
THIS SORRY SITUATION CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO PERSIST!
Ken Ditkowsky
Lower Wacker Drive was a haven for the homeless, especially during the winter months. The underground area offered some relative warmth, and the doorways to the skyscrapers shelter. Dozens congregated. Many were elderly and most had mental problems. It was an embarrassment to the City, except when votes needed to be cast -
The large nursing home operators always were on the lookout for the easy score. Not all the elderly are monied. In fact most live on quite modest budgets and particularly in Chicago the rule, rather than the exception is the strong family tie - and the development of some clout.
The largest group of nursing home moguls are reported to be orthodox jews. With the advent of Medicaid and Medicare the administrators at Blue Cross/Blue Shield became dominant. This meant that if you followed the formula you could maximize the amount of remuneration received. Hospitals became profit centers, but, their compensation was limited by not only the dogooders, naive medical personnel, but oversight; however, the nursing home business and the hospice facility offered virtually unlimited profits. All you had to do was to fill your beds and money rolled in hand over fist.
One of the largest operators is an individual who claims the title Rabbi. He purchased and built nursing homes by the score. Each nursing home was a configuration of Enron style corporations designed to maximize profit and reduce risk. Like hospitals the nursing home had luxury single rooms, single rooms, doubles, triples and a series of wards. An average facility had 350 beds and/or residences. The average cost of a non-warehouse patient was between $1,000 to $2500.00 a month; however, depending on insurance coverage (and elder savings) $5000.00 to $16,000.00 a month plus pharmaceuticals, and incidentals.
The competition for patients is fierce for obvious reasons. Most ethical physicians know which facilities are criminal enterprises and which are not and steer the patients to other options and especially home care. After my prostrate surgery (cancer) I went home. An extended care facility was not an option.
Thus, as so much money is available, there is a competition for patients. Thus, kickbacks are not uncommon, and arrangements are made with Court appointed guardians and unethical lawyers to share the wealth.
The nursing home mogul has to find a way to keep his facilities full. He thus hired a gang of hoodlums to roam the lower Wacker Drive area and scope out homeless people who could become more or less permanent residents. The targeted seniors would be drugged and beaten - and taken to an emergency room for treatment. The co-operating physician would certify that homeless person as incompetent and a call would go to the public guardian. The Public guardian (an attorney) would ram an incompetency finding through a corrupt Court and obtain an order to place the homeless person in a sheltered care facility. (The guardian was necessary to arrange for public aid, medicaid, medicare, etc.)
The attorneys in the public guardian's office at the focus time were supervised by Attorney ******. Ms ******* just happened to be a relative of of a major mogul. The public guardian and his attorneys are well paid individuals = their payment comes from the State. They receive kickbacks and other remuneration from the nursing home moguls.
Once in the facility the victim was kept doped up, assigned a bed in a ward, and warehoused. It was not unusual that a feeding tube was inserted so that contacts with life for the victim was minimized. The victim was kept alive so that maximum benefits could be obtained. If you read the patient's chart you would think that round the clock quality nursing care was being afforded - in fact zombies had a more exciting life. Government paid the freight!
When the patient's life was squeezed out of him, he went into hospice. Hospice continued as long as possible - death was a minor inconvenience. When hospice could no longer be claimed, cremation occurred and another homeless captive was recruited.
I was told that the practice has been curtailed because of 'heat!' Several of the moguls are reported to have sold their facilities in Chicago.
I hope that this explains how this part of the business works!
Ken Ditkowsky
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