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  • The dismantling of American health care

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    Important analysis of the impacts of Trump on healthcare in the USA by leading analysts: Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler published in the New York Review July 8 2025 (here). Their detailed review of the Trump devastation ends with the following: “We find ourselves living under a federal government unconcerned with the…

  • Private equity takeovers are harming patients

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    By Merrill Goozner in BMJ 2023;382:p1396, Evidence review suggests that costs rise and quality falls at acquired healthcare providers Private equity investment in healthcare provider institutions reached record highs in recent years in both the US and Europe, with US acquisitions accounting for three quarters of the combined $100bn (£78bn; €91bn) in investment in 2021.12 The…

  • Corporate Medicine 2.0 — Special Purpose AcquisitionCompanies in the United States

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    By Nishant Uppal and Zirui Song, published in NEJM, 10 April 2024 Acquisitions of U.S. health care entities by private equity firms have come under scrutiny. But the back end of corporate acquisitions — the exit strategy — has remained largely ignored, despite arguably being more important in the long run. Private equity firms typically…