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Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:50 am |
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Steve Myers
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HOSP-ITALITY ABU$E
ILLNESS-FAKER BUMS TREAT ERS AS HOTELS - ON YOUR TAB
These bums are costing you a fortune.
Ricky Alardo, a homeless alcoholic nicknamed Ricky Ricardo, swigs cheap vodka by day at his favorite corner in Washington Heights, then calls an ambulance to chauffeur him to the hospital for a free meal and a warm place to sleep, courtesy of taxpayers who fund his Medicaid benefits.
For a chronic caller like Alardo -- who phones 911 four or five times a week -- the annual medical bill can be as high as $300,000. Over 13 years, the length of time he has been abusing the emergency room, he has cost the medical system an estimated $3.9 million.
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:14 am |
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twotap
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oops!!! sorry about the lack of info. I gotta start remembering that. |
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:02 pm |
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