rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/wake-county-board-of-commissioners-meeting?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-wake-county-board-of-commissioners-meeting' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> The Patients Union https://actionnetwork.org/groups/thepatientsunion https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/685/933/original/StopRally-AN1_(1).png Join patients, workers, and community members to rally against the proposed takeover of WakeMed by multi-billion dollar hospital chain Atrium! The Wake County Commissioners’s next meeting is Sept 21 at 2pm and they could vote on whether to allow this deal to move forward. We need the County Commissioners to stand up for the people of Wake County and stop this takeover which is really a private equity playbook with a non-profit face. WakeMed acknowledged in its letter to the Governor that Atrium’s $2 billion “investment” is **not new Atrium funding**. It would come first from WakeMed’s own revenues, debt financing, and other sources—with Atrium covering only any remaining shortfall. They will raise our prices. Six years after taking over Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, their prices have grown 8% more than the average for the state. And they are cutting nurse compensation in critical areas like labor and delivery while their CEO makes at least $25 million a year. They have refused to allow the public to see the deal. If it’s such a good deal, we say do an open bidding process and we’ll know it’s a good deal. https://actionnetwork.org/events/wake-county-board-of-commissioners-meeting