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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".

Category: Health Care

State Long Term Care Insurance Scam

ACORN Financial Justice Health Care Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 27, 2008 by wade

New Orleans        A piece in the Wall Street Journal by Jennifer Levitz and Kelly Greene confirmed an unsettling trend we have seen coming into the ACORN Centers in some of our offices.  The ACORN Centers provide tax and benefit services for low- and moderate-income families in our cities.  In several situations tax counselors have …

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Living Longer

Financial Justice Health Care Ideas and Issues February 19, 2008 by wade

New York City        More evidence continues to pour in with one report after another where the conclusion seems past debate that if you really want to live longer, you had better not be poor.  The latest by the American Cancer Society focused on the likelihood of early diagnosis (and therefore intervention) in the top …

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Simply a Hero

Health Care Ideas and Issues International Personal Writings January 2, 2008 by wade

New Orleans     Thinking about the last year and the year we are now beginning, makes me think of someone who exemplifies what has to happen in terms both big and small to make the world a better place. My winner of the Person of the Year Award for 2007 is Eduardo Arias of Panama. …

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