Little Rock When the forty leaders at the 34th Annual Local 100 Leadership Conference, held this year in Little Rock, were asked how many of them were carrying medical debt, more than half of the hands in the room went up. When asked how many had family, friends, or neighbors dealing with the burden of …
Category: Health Care
Clear Standards for Charity Care for Nonprofit Hospitals
Little Rock For millions there is a collective sigh of relief as 6-3 affirmation of the Affordable Care Act subsidies for low income Americans sinks in and allows us to stop pinching our arms about whether or not this is real. If there’s anything we’ve learned, it’s that the Supreme Court can “giveth,” as it …
Some States Governments Step Up on Hospital Accountability
New Orleans It took a long time before hard questions were asked of churches given the faith so many people have in them, but the process has produced important and powerful results. Modern faith has created a priesthood of doctors and an altar of medicine where hospitals are their high churches. Even as the Affordable …