Medical Properties Trust spent billions buying community hospitals in bewildering deals that made private equity rich and working-class towns reel.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
So Long but Not Farewell to Envision
The private equity–owned ER doctor practice, now headed to bankruptcy, was one of the defining companies of 21st-century American medicine.
Posted inTAP
The Soaking at Bed Bath & Beyond
Today on TAP: Who bought all that stock, as the retailer was on the route to bankruptcy?
Posted inTAP
Johnson & Johnson’s Texas Two-Step Dies
Today on Tap: But companies still have life to use the bankruptcy process to avoid accountability.
Posted inTAP
Bankman and the Bastardization of Bankruptcy
Today on TAP: He gets to cheat his customers, write off debts, and then keep control of his company? (Yup, that’s how bankruptcy often works for big dogs.)
Posted inEducation in America
The Biden Education Department Drags a Bankrupt Cancer Patient Into Court
Despite vowing to change the way student loans are treated in bankruptcy, the administration is still using its discretion to limit payouts.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Bush Appointee Still on the Job Making Bankruptcy Even Harder
The director of federal bankruptcy oversight is creating more hurdles for Blacks and the poor.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Sacklers?
Judges have grown accustomed to issuing get-out-of-litigation cards to corporate looters in bankruptcy court.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Sackler Family’s Bankruptcy Scheme
Even though they have billions to spare, the Sacklers want a bankruptcy judge to let them off the hook for personal liability in the OxyContin scandal.
Posted inCoronavirus
Business, Interrupted
Many small-business owners expected insurance to help them during the pandemic. They got a rude awakening.
