May 09, 2024 - Federal agencies are turning up the volume on their warnings to private equity (PE) investors to stop putting profit motives before patient health. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ...

Private health insurance premiums will be going up in 2026 – in some cases, by a lot. Congressional Democrats and Republicans ...

Given the importance of health and its role in supporting so much of what gives life meaning and value, it makes sense that we should be centrally concerned with asking where the responsibility for ...

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Private equity (PE) in health care is increasingly being viewed as a profit-driven horseman of the apocalypse. While this portrayal is merited in many respects, PE can also play a positive role in ...

I was reading through a recent issue of Annals of Internal Medicine when a particular study caught my attention. The research, examining hospital staffing and patient outcomes after private equity ...

Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would require additional transparency for private equity transactions in the health care industry. This expansion of an existing ...

Perhaps no other issue divides McCain and Obama as much as health care. McCain would give everyone a tax credit to help pay for private coverage.... Candidates' Health Care Plans: Private Vs. Public ...

WASHINGTON — A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being ...

If you’re one of the 45% of Australians with private health insurance, chances are the government pays, or has paid, a proportion of your premiums via rebates. Taxpayer spending on these private ...

The Canadian Medical Association has called for a ban on payments for procedures long covered by public systems and is warning about contracting services out. By Ian Austen With perhaps 6.5 million ...