San Diego Lee Scott, Wal-Mart CEO, was in Rogers, Arkansas, a long spit from their world headquarters in Bentonville, meeting the press. Rick Smith, the head of WARN and WWA in Florida, and I were in northern San Diego County meeting with local leadership of some of California’s largest and most aggressive local unions of the United …
Category: Health Care
Mass Health Insurance
Natchitoches, Louisiana These are strange times. First, Arkansas with a Republican governor with presidential aspirations jumped into the minimal health insurance sweepstakes. Now, Massachusetts, a richer, more liberal state, but once again with a Republican governor with presidential aspirations takes a cut at mandatory health insurance. What’s happening and how can we get on top …
A Little Something for Arkansas Health Care
New Orleans Arkansas is a poor state. This is not shocking news to anyone who has ever been there. It should not come as a surprise either that a quarter of the people in the state outside of the range of federal health supports for children and elderly (between ages 14-64) have nada for health …