âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
for people who are nervous today about something so big being passed you say there are many good benefits in this bill for doctors and patients. let s go through those first, what did you like in the bill. if i have a patient that has insurance, they lose their job, they re not going to lose their insurance, that s going to kick in right away. i find that to be a positive sign. another thing they re closing the donut hole which means that people that are struggling, seniors that are struggling to get their prescription drugs, they reach a point they have to pay out of pocket. that s no longer going to be the case. medicaid rates will also be increased and that s closer to the medicare rates, right? that s what they re predicting, i hope that s the case. states will have to struggle with new medicaid patients, 16 million new patients. 50% of physicians take medicaid f they improve the reimbursements rates that will be positive because i rely on networks of physicians to take car