Dick Conoboy

Citizen Journalist and Editor • Member since Jan 26, 2008

Dick Conoboy is a recovering civilian federal worker and military officer who was offered and accepted an all-expense paid, one year trip to Vietnam in 1968. He is a former Army Foreign Area Specialist for Western Europe and Southeast Asia, counter-terrorism intelligence analyst and information/security manager at the Defense Department. Dick also worked as a resource manager at various government offices to include then VP Al Gore’s National Partnership for Re-inventing Government, now recognized as having been a shamefully neo-liberal “think tank”. He speaks fluent French and a passable English learned through many years of elementary school experience diagramming sentences. Dick owes his writing ability to consuming large amounts of chemical laden and fried fresh water pike and perch fished from Lake Erie in the 40s and 50s near his native Cleveland whose Cuyahoga River regularly catches on fire.

Dick Conoboy online:
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Articles by Dick Conoboy

First Murray. Now Larsen. Half Trillion Dollar Theft From Medicare: Not An Issue.

By Dick ConoboyOn Jul 27, 2024

About a month ago,  I wrote an article about a response I got from our Senator, Patty Murray, in which she totally ignored the crux of my communication with [...]

Moral Injury Links Medicare Advantage Physicians To Combat Veterans

By Dick ConoboyOn Jun 16, 2024

What can I do? Where can I hide from all this and not be found? What wings would take me high enough? How deep a hole would I have to [...]

Over A Half Trillion Dollars Stolen From Medicare - Sen. Patty Murray Is OK With That

By Dick ConoboyOn Jun 14, 2024

“Citing the nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the paper  [Less Care at Higher Cost—The Medicare Advantage Paradox] notes that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have overcharged the federal government [...]

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Recent comments

"Thanks, Liz.  This has been in the mill for 4 yrs or so already.  It appears the designs have evolved since I wrote about the development in 2020.  Cram [...]

Oct 14, 2024 on
State Street Creamery Reborn! Sort Of.

"Sadie, Ellen is still out and about.  I run into her regularly on Zoom meetings and webinars.  She has a site on Substack.  You can sign up [...]

Sep 24, 2024 on
The Disturbing Disappearance of Local Banks

"This should be very interesting. Dick   A PSARA Webinar Is Medicare Advantage Driving Your Provider to Despair? And Why Should You Care? Tuesday, July 9, 5:00 p.m. Join us on [...]

Jun 17, 2024 on
Moral Injury Links Medicare Advantage Physicians To Combat Veterans

"Carol, Today’s large corporations are very much sociopathic in nature.  Whether it is the very nature of corporations that attracts or even creates sociopaths among its management [...]

Jun 16, 2024 on
Moral Injury Links Medicare Advantage Physicians To Combat Veterans

"Shannon, Thanks for your reply and the advice on keeping a copy of the text of messages sent.  A screen shot might work, too.  Will try that next [...]

Jun 16, 2024 on
Over A Half Trillion Dollars Stolen From Medicare - Sen. Patty Murray Is OK With That