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Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

509 points · 384 comments · paimapi

  1. balderdash · · focus · HN ↗
    I feel like medical practices should be like law firms where effectively non-lawyers can’t own equity and equity owners have to comply with ethics and code of conduct rules…
    1. nradov · · focus · HN ↗
      Most doctors don't want to be business owners. It used to be that they were kind of forced to operate in partnerships but now most choose to become employees. This might be worse for patients but for better or worse there's no going back.
      1. balderdash · · focus · HN ↗
        Can you cite - antidotally the only doctors I know that would rather be an employee work for big hospital chains or already sold their practice for a pile and are happy with less responsibility.
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