HealthCare Notes

10/21/16

Trump adviser likens new rule protecting retirees to discrimination against slaves

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-fiduciary-duty-dred-scott-769442c5819#.12ikoxmvb
"Until recently, financial advisers who helped clients decide where to invest their retirement money were legally able to steer them toward products that made themselves money at their clients’ expense. That should soon change, thanks to a new rule from the Department of Labor finalized in April that will require these brokers to adhere to a fiduciary standard and to always put clients’ interests ahead of their own. But an economic adviser to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is already promising to roll that rule back."

10/14/16

Right-Wing Organization Citizens United Hits New Low in Attempting to Scam Frail Elderly @alternet

Right-Wing Organization Citizens United Hits New Low in Attempting to Scam Frail Elderly @alternet:

"Citizens United—the unintentially ironic name of the conservative non-profit organization best known for the Supreme Court case that decimated the historical definition of personhood—is basically the worst organization to ever take up arms in the righteous battle against our democracy. But according to a new report, the group is even worse than previously realized."