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Harvard Study Finds Private Equity Hospital Takeovers Increase Emergency Room Deaths by 10%

2021-12-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

In December 2021, researchers at Harvard Medical School published a landmark study in Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrating that hospitals acquired by private equity firms experienced significant increases in emergency department mortality—7 additional deaths per 10,000 visits (approximately 10% …

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No Surprises Act Bans Surprise Medical Billing After Years of Private Equity Industry Obstruction

2020-12-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On December 27, 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, banning most surprise medical billing beginning January 1, 2022. The legislation addressed a predatory billing practice that generated billions in profits for private equity-backed …

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