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".
New Orleans Drug pricing almost defines predatory activity. Big and little pharma set the prices based on their perverse calculations of scarcity in the market based on US patent privileges and the desperate needs of patients whose health needs trump their consumer interests. Add to this scam the fact that lower prices can be …
New Orleans We all remember the Affordable Care Act of 2010, right? You know, Obamacare! Many of you may have been there and done that, gotten on or walked on by because of rules then, or tax credits that didn’t make much sense. It’s time to take another look, but the deadline is …
New Orleans – This is all complicated stuff, but it smells to high heaven. The simple truth is that it adds another nail in the coffin to the pretense that many nonprofit tax-exempt hospitals care two cents about the poor, who they claim – and are obliged by their tax benefits – to serve. The latest …