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Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

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Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 months ago
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Warren Introduces Bill to Ban Private Equity From Owning Medical Practices
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More than 80 percent of doctors are employed by corporate entities — a massive increase from 62 percent seven years ago.

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  • oyzmo@piefed.social
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    Sounds like a good move. Private firm with a maximize profit focus, that gives you the riches doctors and owners, not the healthiest healthcare

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      Not even the doctors, who do the actual work, get rich from this.

      • oyzmo@piefed.social
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        true

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    Bring back herbalists, witch doctors, healers, alchemists, and barbers who moonlight as surgeons. We’re going to end up needing them.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      We still do that, they’re called chiropractors now.

      This is your daily reminder that the founder of chiropracty claims the practices were taught to him by a literal ghost. They are not doctors and they reject science.

      • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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        The bone tappers are the worst. I can see how “adjusting” someone may provide temporary relief but tapping on your bones!? WTF

    • crowcore_explorer@piefed.blahaj.zone@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      find your local street medic or better yet become one

      • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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        Street medic:

        (a worthy and noble occupation, part of mutual aid)

    • myyass@lemmy.world
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      Bring back Blade Runners. Using most medical equipment isn’t that hard.

  • chunes@lemmy.world
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    Bill to ban private equity. There, I fixed it

  • guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Do restaurants next.

    Private equity shouldn’t be fucking with your food.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      red lobster is a recent causalty, with shrimp thing.

  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    Ban them from the bill collection process as well. They are bypassing Medicare to collect directly from patients and saying thier medical release allows them to collect the entire amount from the patient if they decide Medicare didn’t pay enough.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    PE and teledocs reduces the number of private physicians in general by snatching them up or allowing htem to staff hospitals with less MDs. this reduces the quality of care, and discourages people to become doctors.

  • Malica@lemmy.zip
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    We need to ban them all full stop

  • TeaWithDani@lemmy.world
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    I’ll take “Things that don’t exist outside America” for $100.

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