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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

Obamacare and the IRS

Citizen Wealth Health Care September 4, 2013 by digital

Little Rock  One of the things that is interesting in learning about the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare is how much of the interface for the American public is not going to be the kind and gentle hands of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department under whose auspices the program will be run, but …

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Obamacare is Complicated, but It’s Coming: Get Ready!

Health Care September 3, 2013 by digital

Little Rock  I spent no small amount of time over the recent three-day weekend trying to figure out the Affordable Care Act on a number of different levels, as an organizer of course, but also as an employer, and even as a family guy with folks I care about making the best decisions for their …

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Hard Rows to Hoe: LibGen and More

Health Care Ideas and Issues August 10, 2013 by digital

New Orleans   Yesterday was a tough day in the world of the Chief Organizer’s Report.  Our website was shutdown again for four hours because of spam attacks.   Usually our server hosts can beat this back, but yesterday as they told me “the bad guys won one.”  Ironically this was on the same day that I …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

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Italian Interview with Wade

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