Billions of dollars in public pension fund money flow to private equity–owned firms that union-bust, violate labor laws, and put workers’ safety at risk.
Private Equity
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Heads They ‘Cha-Ching!’; Tails They Take Away Your Malpractice Insurance
A tale of two private equity–spawned medical mega-practices
Posted inEconomic Policy
Long-Awaited Rules on Private Equity Mostly Involve Disclosure
The industry watered down some of the tougher prohibitions. But it’s a start.
Posted inTAP
Argentina: Vultures Come Home to Roost
Today on TAP: How America’s most predatory hedge funds deepened Argentina’s economic miseries and helped invite a far-right reaction
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Progressive and Moderate Wings Collide in Rhode Island House Race
Aaron Regunberg has left-wing endorsements; Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, more centrist ones. But Matos is fending off a series of scandals.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Great American Hospital Shell Game
Stock in Medical Properties Trust tanked 14 percent this week after a couple of eyebrow-raising disclosures.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Yellow Scapegoats Teamsters for Apollo-Led Bankruptcy
The trucking company alleges the Teamsters used the company as a sacrificial lamb.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
When M.D.s Go Union
The wave of professionals who are joining unions has now reached the ranks of physicians.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Apollo Stands to Win From Yellow’s Collapse
The trucking company’s demise reads like a history of modern capitalism.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Patient Zero
Tom Scully is as responsible as anyone for the way health care in America works today.