Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/deaths-rose-emergency-rooms-after-hospitals-were-acquired-private-equity-firms

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ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 314d

Because those firms care about cutting costs and making money, not saving lives.

tehn00bi@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 314d

Healthcare should not be for profit.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 314d

That's abooringdystopia material.

TuffNutzes@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 314d

PE access to healthcare and vets should be illegal.

0x0@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 314d

Color me shocked.

certified_expert@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 314d
kalkulat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 315d

I'd guess that PE's aren't motivated by people's health, unlike health professionals. So where are the laws to keep them from being nabbed by rent-seekers

frog_meister@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 313d
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