Finding Ulysses

Here’s the 23 second clip Mayor Petrovic read a letter from a constituent at last months meeting – “Billing seems OK, as long as we can guarantee that claims will be accepted by insurance companies, no one will be denied care because they can’t pay, and bills will not be sent to collections as to [...]

Here’s a 3 minute clip of Rordan Hart (trustee on the Village Board) speaking at the EMS meeting on Nov.12th.  He is responding to Rene Carver who correctly pointed out that going to billing is a step toward privatization of what is and should be a public service. audio file “Words have definitions, and definitions [...]

The current economy is challenging, of course, and small businesses are taking a beating all over.  It should come as no surprise that the Artisan Café in TBurg is having a rough time of it.  What I admire most, though, is their continued uncompromising dedication to the quality of the food they offer, even as [...]

An epidemiological study was published in this journal in 2000, and in the conclusion we find, “… financial concerns may undermine a chest patient’s intention to use EMS” This prompted me to ask an uncomfortable question at the last Village Board meeting. audio link My question was for Chris Thomas, but John Hrubos jumped in [...]

The Village Board held their special meeting about EMS billing. The majority of the meeting was focused on the cost, very little time was devoted to the more important moral aspects. I’ve been going through the audio, and I’ll post lots of it soon. This 42 second clip is really sad.  You’ll hear Mayor Petrovic’s [...]

There is going to be a special Village Board Meeting this thursday at 7 at the Village Hall to inform us about the Village’s intention to begin billing for ambulance services. If you care about the safety of your friends and neighbors (especially those without health insurance), if you care about the privatization of essential [...]