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Private equity blamed for hospital closures and lost emergency care
Original: How private equity is killing public access to hospitals and emergency care
The Washington Post reports that private equity ownership is eroding public access to hospitals and emergency care, with firms accused of cutting services and driving facilities to close. Readers are debating whether financialised ownership models are incompatible with essential healthcare, reviving wider scrutiny of private equity's role in the US hospital sector.
Why now: Concerns over healthcare access and private equity's hospital practices remain a live policy debate in the US.
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