John Patrick Rooney (December 13, 1927 – September 15, 2008) was the chairman and founder of the Fairness Foundation, whose goal is to help low-income Americans with education and health care.
The civil rights case was settled with a precedent-setting agreement that requires a method of constructing exams designed to eliminate unnecessary racial disparities.
Rooney's advocacy for school vouchers made national headlines in 1991 with his founding of the Educational Choice Charitable Trust.
[6][7] The Educational Choice Charitable Trust provides tuition assistance for students from lower-income families in Indianapolis whose parents want them to attend a private school.
[citation needed] The spokesman for the group is Herman Cain, an African American radio talk show host, author, and candidate, for the Republican Party nomination in the 2012 presidential election.
"[10] which reported "Rooney has found that hospitals have made a common practice of charging 3.5 times what Medicare will pay for services.