Private Equity is Eating Your Healthcare. Banning Them Won’t Save You.
Senator Warren wants to ban private equity from owning medical practices. It feels good, but it won’t save you. Private equity is just the most aggressive predator in a fundamentally flawed ecosystem. The real disease isn’t the parasite; it’s treating human health as a profit-maximizing commodity. Until we stop viewing patients as revenue streams, your 11% premium hikes will keep subsidizing Wall Street’s extraction.