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 …
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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 …
Hospitals Have to Limit Liens and Lawsuits
Houston Two twin sisters in Knoxville, Tennessee both became nurses and when they retired, they organized something called Love’s Kitchen that provided meals and clothes to what they called the “five H’s: the hungry, homeless, helpless, hopeless, and homebound.” One sister, Ellen Turner, passed away recently at 87. The whole operation was funded by donations and run …