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Structural Determinants of Health: Hospitals’ Unequal Capital Investments Drive Health Inequities
Discover how the structural determinants of health inequity in the US can lead to disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.
Health Care
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Warren’s New Bill Makes Private Equity’s Death Grip on Hospitals a Crime
Investigating private equity in healthcare. Learn how lax regulations allowed corporate owners to profit while driving hospitals to financial disaster.
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CEPR Comments to FTC, DOJ, HHS on Consolidation in Health Care Markets
Explore the impact of private equity in healthcare. Learn about the influence of Wall Street on the healthcare industry and its implications.
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Medicare Advantage Myth-Busting
In this article, we will debunk several pervasive myths about Medicare Advantage that proponents and insurance giant owners push in their effort to continue privatizing Medicare at the expense of patients.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
Trump’s Republican Party Is Still the Republican Party: You Should Worry About Your Social Security and Medicare
What is the Republican Party today? Any answer has to start with Donald Trump, who has a grip on the Republican Party that is perhaps unprecedented in the modern era.
Statement: Final Merger Guidelines by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice
The guidelines provide a clear roadmap to antitrust agencies and courts to prevent further industry consolidation in markets already dominated by a few large firms.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
In the Case of Prescription Drugs, a Resilient Supply Chain Is not a Domestic Supply Chain
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Medicare Advantage and Deceptive Marketing
Deceptive and fraudulent advertising for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans cost taxpayers $6 billion in 2022 alone.
Economy Adds 150,000 Jobs in October, as Unemployment Edges Up to 3.9 Percent
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press