
Your girl Miss Fortune discovered this pallid little website, www.grantfamilyconsulting.com, during a Google search for "216 St. Mary's Lake Road" in Battle Creek.
Hmm? Grant Family Consulting, I asked myself. Just who are these Grants and what "consulting" could they be providing?
One of the many things I learned during my years in New York City was the definition of a consultant--a person who borrows your watch and tells you what time it is (thank you for the joke, Herb Manloveg!). But I have a feeling these "consultants" are interested in more than your watch.


That address sounds so familiar...of course, it's the home of Tranquility Detox!



Egelston is an osteopath, and osteopathic manipulative medicine is the core technique of osteopathic medicine.
That's right, the license was already expired in 2011 when the site went online.
Egelston's not even a chiropractor--however, he is a long-time associate of Per Wickstrom's going back to the Stone Hawk days.
So let's regroup: we've got another fake feeder website, embroidered with the flossy fiction that it's just a humble little chiropractic clinic.
And you're probably asking yourself: why would Per Wickstrom and his merry band of pranksters set up a fake chiropractic clinic?
Could it be that Wickstrom is trying to have a chiropractic arm--even a faux one--to help him squeeze through the loophole that prevents consumers from using medical credit cards to finance their drug and alcohol treatment?
Could be, so let's see how this "chiropractic credit card" scam might work.
As the New York Times reported on October 19, patients sign up for cards issued through practitioners’ offices by
companies like iCare Financial of Atlanta; CareCredit, a unit of General
Electric; and banks like Wells Fargo and Citibank. The cards typically charge no interest for a promotional period of
several months, but after that, the consumer is charged rates of up to
30 percent if the debt is not paid in full. The high rates are often
applied to the original amount of the loan, not just to the amount still
owed.
A growing number of health care professionals are urging patients to
pay for treatment not covered by their insurance plans with credit cards
and lines of credit that can be arranged quickly in the provider’s
office.
However, drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment facilities are prohibited from offering these health care credit cards to pay expenses not covered by insurance.
But chiropractors can...are you getting the picture?
So give the Grants a call at 269-964-4729 and tell them your back realllly hurts.
And when you're done talking, send your girl Miss Fortune an email (tcmissfortune@yahoo.com). We can compare notes.
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