There’s strong evidence that private equity-owned hospitals put financial success ahead of quality health care.

Recently published research from the Annals of Internal Medicine indicates death rates in hospital emergency rooms rose by 13 percent after the hospitals were acquired by private equity buyers.

The 10-year study on hospital emergency rooms is just another brick in the wall of evidence that high finance and health care is a dangerous combination.

A 2021 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research showed that private equity-owned nursing homes have a 10 percent higher mortality rate than comparable facilities.

In each instance leverage is as deadly in health care as a dreaded disease or gruesome injury. Private equity owners take control of hospitals using the same financ

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