New Orleans There was a brief blurb that went across my screen the other day. ACORN Canada was taking another national action demanding “Internet for All” in the long running campaign we have waged to increase access to the internet for lower income families. We’ve made progress there. Way more than we have in …
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How Do Make Specialized Healthcare Accessible and Affordable?
New Orleans In this brave new world of medicine involving stem cells and gene therapy, all of which were almost unimaginable in the past, we still are hitting our heads against the wall at the inability to craft a solution to the old problem in the United States of equal access and affordability. Doctors are …
Poverty Wages and Working Conditions for Care Givers are a Crisis
New Orleans Think about these projections and facts. Caregivers including home health aides, personal care attendants and certified nursing assistants according to government projections are going to continue to be among the fastest-growing occupations. The Labor Department estimates that a million jobs in this classification will be added in the decade that started in 2014 …