Health insurers and providers are using industrial loan companies and other tactics to make money from financial engineering rather than patient care.
Olivia Webb Kosloff
Olivia Webb Kosloff is a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project. She is also the creator of the newsletter Acute Condition.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Big Tech of Health Care
The merger between a subsidiary of UnitedHealth and Change Healthcare would create a vertically integrated, all-seeing giant.
Posted inCoronavirus
A Shot in the Arm
How government succeeded in coronavirus vaccine development, and failed in distribution
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
3M: Monopoly, Misrepresentation, and Malpractice
Hundreds of thousands of troops suffered hearing loss from 3M’s faulty battlefield earplugs. They allege that the company and its private equity–fueled acquisition falsified data and knowingly hid evidence.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Emergency Room Hustle
Private equity firms and other investors have turned freestanding emergency departments into cash machines, at the expense of patients.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Private Equity Chases Ambulances
Investment firms have bought up emergency medical service companies, squeezing soaring profits from vulnerable patients.