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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Financialization of US Healthcare

Your Exorbitant Medical Bill, Brought to You by the Latest Hospital Merger
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/opinion/health/health-system-hospital-monopolies.html

Financiers bought up anesthesia practices, then raised prices
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/29/private-equity-medical-practices-raise-prices/
Private-equity firms are merging doctor groups to create firms that critics say are big enough to wield excessive power over prices 

The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/magazine/doctors-moral-crises.html
The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.