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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

Punishing the Clinic Door Strategy in Texas and Florida at the Polls

Citizen Wealth Health Care Ideas and Issues September 20, 2013 by digital

Baton Rouge   There is a desperate and cynical political strategy at work in the efforts of Florida Governor Rick Scott and Texas Governor Rick Perry in their attempts to bar people from the clinic doors trying to enroll under the new Affordable Care Act on October 1st.  This Rick-o-say strategy will in fact ricochet on …

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Does Walgreen’s Plan Points Way for Lower Wage Service Worker Healthcare?

Health Care September 18, 2013 by digital

 New Orleans   I can’t tell if we have a widening gap in the way big employers see health insurance or a huge opportunity to finally get coverage for lower waged workers.   A week or so ago, I talked about a potential bargaining opportunity for lower waged workers for 2014 before penalties apply to larger companies …

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Street Mail ACA Notices from HHS to All Americans

Health Care September 13, 2013 by digital

Baton Rouge   Rosa Hines, Louisiana State Director of Local 100 United Labor Unions, had set up an interesting meeting for all of us at the main mailing plant of the US Postal Service in Baton Rouge to see if there was a way to get a mass mail drop to low-and-moderate income families of literature …

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