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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

Time to Get on Board the Health Insurance Train Again

Health Care Ideas and Issues January 11, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            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 …

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Hospitals Are Scamming the Poor on Drug Program

Health Care Hospital Accountability January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Chief Organizer

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 …

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Short Staffing Reveals More Nonprofit Hospital Horrors

Health Care Hospital Accountability Workers December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 by digital

          Baja California     Life and death in the pandemic tragically revealed the shortage in many hospitals, and perhaps the entire healthcare industry, of trained nurses.  The problem was so acute that many nurses could earn two and three times their normal pay, if they were willing to travel to some of …

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