Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Email Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds Posted by Pikamander2
luciancahil on September 25, 2025 6:16 pm I will say this about capitalism: Capitalism has gotten a lot better at turning consumer surplus into producer surplus, and it’d be nice if it were LESS good at that…
brianpv on September 25, 2025 6:27 pm I suppose this should be somewhat expected; if you spend less money on patient care you can expect to get worse outcomes. I guess this leads to an obvious question. How can we reel in costs without killing people?
Previous-Mind6171 on September 25, 2025 6:28 pm “patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13%” sheesh
Jokerang on September 25, 2025 6:36 pm There’s a reason why if you talk to any leftist you know, healthcare is the thing that set them on the path to radicalization
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I will say this about capitalism:
Capitalism has gotten a lot better at turning consumer surplus into producer surplus, and it’d be nice if it were LESS good at that…
No one should be surprised by this.
!ping health-policy
I suppose this should be somewhat expected; if you spend less money on patient care you can expect to get worse outcomes.
I guess this leads to an obvious question. How can we reel in costs without killing people?
“patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13%” sheesh
There’s a reason why if you talk to any leftist you know, healthcare is the thing that set them on the path to radicalization