Finding Ulysses

The title above is a direct quote from Eric Dodge who represents MedEx, the third party billing company, that the Village of Trumansburg is now using to bill residents for ambulance calls. I used to think that I was safe, and that the uninsured and the underinsured, were the only ones put at risk by [...]

Apparently Ron Paul doesn’t really care if someone dies for lack of health insurance as 45,000 Americans do each year.  He dodges the question by suggesting that the church will take care of them, but somehow the church has been missing 45,000/year.  He clearly doesn’t think it is the responsibility of government, as every other [...]

Officials seek budget voting power in new contract By Aaron Munzer Correspondent – The Ithaca Journal TRUMANSBURG — De bate over control of the Trumansburg Emergency Medical Services depart ment’s budget and the pow ers of a new committee formed to oversee ambu lance billing continued last week at a joint meeting of the four [...]

At the Caucus at the Fire Hall last night, we nominated Elizabeth Thomas to run again for her Town Board seat.  There were no other candidates for her seat. Dave Kerness was nominated to run again for his seat after beating challenger John Hrubos by 19 to 17. No one stepped forward for the Democratic [...]

Elizabeth Thomas’s “Informing Ulysses” below, is the best example of open government in our town.  She has links to various pdf’s such as the Village’s Charity Care Policy. It is not the intent of this policy to provide charity care to patients who are either underinsured or have higher deductibles or copayments. More and more [...]

Informing Ulysses September 3, 2011 On and off the record; notes from the point-of-view of Liz Thomas, your Town of Ulysses Representative TIME WARP It’s been an extremely busy year at the Town Hall and my sincere apologies for not squeezing in time to write newsletters. One idea floating around is to launch of an [...]

Mayor Petrovic, and Trustees Cassetti, Watkins, Nottke, and Hart, have instituted EMS billing in the Village of Trumansburg, despite being told not to, by a two to one margin, by those who attended the only public hearing on the matter, in July of 08.  Now, for the first time since the Trumansburg Ambulance core was [...]

I came home for lunch on Monday.  I was sitting at my dining room table, and he wandered by, about twenty feet from my window!  It’s breeding season, so Mom chases her cubs away for a little quality time with Dad.  This is probably this bear’s first trip on it’s own.  I hope he makes [...]

The Village Board passed a resolution, adopting an EMS fee schedule, which, depending upon the level of care, will charge as much as $1050 for care and transport.  They intend to begin billing in the Village on July 1st.  This, despite being told by a two to one margin at a public meeting in July [...]

The Ithaca Journal continues to do excellent reporting on this issue. http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011104140386 “The contract says any new arrangement requires prior written approval from each municipality,” Marino said. “Because we were given no information that you were not going to involve us in any decisions, we’re not ready to pass anything. We are a large share [...]