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Private Equity’s $3 Trillion Payout Problem
Private equity firms overvalued the companies in their portfolio. Now they are stuck with a multi-trillion dollar problem of their own making.
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Financialization through Health IT, Part II: From Electronic Health Systems to AI
The financialization of the healthcare industry is handing over enormous control to Silicon Valley firms and private equity investors — and fueling the rush to AI and algorithmic decision making tools.
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Financialization through Health IT, Part I: Lessons from Electronic Health Systems
Over the past few decades, the healthcare industry has undergone an IT revolution. Silicon Valley and Wall Street investors, vendors, and data mining have made billions in the process.
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Medicare ‘Advantage’ and the Push for Full Privatization
Explore the impact of the Medicare Advantage system and its potential expansion under a second term of the Trump administration.
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Private Equity’s Wish List
Explore how the private equity industry influenced the 2024 election and its plans for accessing retirement funds. Find out what policy changes are expected in the second Trump term.
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Medicare “Advantage” By the Numbers
Examining the hidden side of Medicare Advantage: uncover how private insurance companies are profiting at the expense of seniors.
Issue Brief
Stop Wall Street Looting Act: More Necessary Now Than Ever
CEPR co-director Eileen Appelbaum has written a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren explaining the dangers of private equity.
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Comment from Private Equity Stakeholder Project/Center for Economic Policy & Research
Learn how the private equity industry is contributing to the rising medical debt and the importance of accountability in healthcare.
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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.
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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.
