"Private equity firms owned more than 20% of the health-care companies that went bankrupt last year. The nonprofit Private Equity Stakeholder Project, which investigates multiple industries, said it spotted at least 17 such bankruptcies in 2023, compared with eight in 2019 and even fewer during the previous three years, marking a 112.5% increase over the last five years."
With private equity firms failing to find success in healthcare, and with rural hospitals unable to keep their doors open, now is perfect time for the US government to take the healthcare industry public.
Profit and healthcare don't mix. Scoop up the hospitals and clinics for pennies on the dollar and restore healthcare access to rural areas.
@plink@palestine@israel the young people can see what's happening, it's hopeful to see people standing up for others rights. The ruling at the ICJ today is very clear.
Amazing. I was just listening to Jasmine Crockett on The Bulwark and she related a story of two members of Congress who'd had their student loan debt relieved and they DIDN'T KNOW WHY. They were trying to figure out what happened. And we wonder about how low-info our voters are when we have Congress members so completely uninformed about what #Biden has done?! 🤦♂️ 🤬 😩 #USPolitics p.s. someone tell Tim Miller "emigrating" is a word. Jeez. Americans aren't planning on "immigrating" from the U.S.
“The choice facing the nation this November is much older and deeper than Trump. A determined minority has been trying to shape the foundations of American governance for their own benefit since the inception of the republic. ... In 2024, the country is once again immersed in a pivotal battle over whom the political system should serve and represent.”
So, super fancy, exclusive restaurant catering to wealthy diners rips off its customers, harasses and steals from its employees, then washes its hands by gifting real estate to a proselytizing Christian organization that provides housing and meals to people who have been pushed down, abused, and displaced by the kinds of people who endure a waitlist of up to year, jet to a dining destination, and pay $500 for dinner. Can’t help but think this illustrates the capitalism circle of life.
The Willows Inn, a super fancy, fine-dining, farm-to-table, restaurant on a remote island near Bellingham, WA, that the New York Times in 2011 labeled "one of 10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride,” had a precipitous fall from grace in 2022. Now, the property is selling, and the proceeds will benefit Lighthouse Mission Ministries, a shelter for the unhoused.
In its heyday, as it topped the culinary world's best restaurant lists, fraud and abuse festered behind the scenes.
Employees alleged a nightmare environment of sexual harassment, bullying, misogyny, and racism.
The Willows Inn paid $1.37 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for wage theft.
Turns out, the restaurant's "farm-to-table" claims also fell short. Some of the supposed locally sourced and foraged food actually came from random grocery stores and even Costco. At $500 a plate, that’s not what you bargained for.
To make amends, the former owners, Tim and Marcia McEvoy, donated the property to Bellingham’s Lighthouse Mission, a Christian organization that provides shelter and services to the unhoused (and only hires Christians). The property, reportedly worth about $2.4 million, has accepted an offer and is expected to change hands soon.
U.S. Supreme Court approves South Carolina congressional map previously found to dilute Black voting power.
CNN reports the court rejected "the argument raised by civil rights groups that lawmakers impermissibly used race as a proxy to bolster the GOP’s chances. But the high court also said that the civil rights groups that challenged the maps could continue to pursue one part of their claim, a move that will likely delay the battle over the districts for months."
Pas seulement l'espionnage de voix palestiniennes, mais aussi de leurs alliés US, EU et journalistes espionner par leur logiciels #Predator et #Pegasus
Quelles informations ont-ils obtenues ?
Sont-ellescompromettantes ?
Et si oui pour qui ?
A flag carried by US Capitol rioters was displayed last year at Supreme Court Justice Alito's vacation home, The New York Times reported Wednesday, after revelations a similarly provocative flag was flown outside his residence. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#GOP#Politics#uspolitics#uspol#Trump
@plink@palestine@israel I wish I had written that. An appropriate level of moral venom injected surgically, not with the broad brush so many paint with.