Private equity buying hospitals resulted in a 13% increase in ER deaths

[applegrove]

— Covid cave dweller (@mariablack.bsky.social) 2025-11-23T06:34:12.433Z

[SamuelTheThird]

1. ought to be illegal

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/death-rates-rose-er-private-equity-firms-study/3642421/

[thesquanderer]

5. Thanks for the link. Poorly written article, though.

Maybe AI. I mean, look at this:

Employees are often the first to be fired, and costs are often increased to generate higher profits.

Okay, how does a company fire someone who is NOT an employee?

And if you're trying to generate higher profits, you CUT costs, you don't increase them.

[GAJMac]

2. Not just healthcare...

We also need to take capitalism out of law enforcement, the penal system, and education!

[applegrove]

3. Housing too.

[multigraincracker]

4. Also seems the cost to those that have good insurance

are seeing a huge increase in cost.

[lindysalsagal]

6. Shareholders profiting off of age and infirmary. Totally unethical.We are the only 1st world country with this scourge.

Nothing christian or ethical about it.

[dalton99a]

7. Private equity should be banned from healthcare, housing and essential services