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thesquanderer

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5. Thanks for the link. Poorly written article, though.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:35 AM

Nov 23

Maybe AI. I mean, look at this:

Employees are often the first to be fired, and costs are often increased to generate higher profits.

Okay, how does a company fire someone who is NOT an employee?

And if you're trying to generate higher profits, you CUT costs, you don't increase them.

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Private equity buying hospitals resulted in a 13% increase in ER deaths [View all] applegrove Nov 23 OP

ought to be illegal SamuelTheThird Nov 23 #1

Thanks for the link. Poorly written article, though. thesquanderer Nov 23 #5

Not just healthcare... GAJMac Nov 23 #2

Housing too. applegrove Nov 23 #3

Also seems the cost to those that have good insurance multigraincracker Nov 23 #4

Shareholders profiting off of age and infirmary. Totally unethical.We are the only 1st world country with this scourge. lindysalsagal Nov 23 #6

Private equity should be banned from healthcare, housing and essential services dalton99a Nov 23 #7