There is a woman out here who used to call county EMS and fake seizures or suicide attempts with annoying regularity. Yes, it even happens here in BF Egypt-she is a former teacher who was diagnosed as bipolar many years ago, and frequently went off her medication to get attention-that is when she called 911.
I do not mean to be unkind-and as a former case manager, I cringe to say it-but she has never had a seizure disorder, or any other physical disability-she is simply as crazy as a s***house rat. In this small county with mostly volunteer services, and the nearest hospital over 45 miles away, her game got old after a couple years, and when she called, the operator would call one of her neighbors to go over to see her instead or sending EMS. Amid a lot of yowling and complaining, the neighbor would take her to the nearest town with a psych facility.
After going there and getting admitted for a suicide attempt a few times, she quit doing that. Maybe someone in DC should try this with the frequent flier mentioned in the article...
There was nutty frequent flyer here in the sticks too...she abused the system so much a judge finally ordered her into a care facility of some sort- nursing home type place and I had no idea they could even do that.