WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Over the last several years, ACORN International and the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center have been collecting and analyzing the IRS 990 forms filed by tax exempt, nonprofit hospitals in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. This is a project driven by our “volunteer army,” …
New Orleans With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, hospitals were on notice. Costs were out of control and people were going to be looking. Prices were going to be made public so some patients could compare. Hospitals were going to be able to be ranked by health outcomes. Accountability was coming! This …
New Orleans Talking recently about greater accountability for nonprofit hospitals with a health expert from Massachusetts, she kept bringing up PILOT programs and why they were important in funding health care expansion in her state. PILOT in the tax world stands for “payments in lieu of taxes.” It perked my interest to find out how …