'private equity firms have acquired health systems, hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes'..then.. 'added hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to the books of acquired health care facilities, extracting significant short-term profits' www.americanprogress.org/article/5-co...

5 Consequences of Private Equity’s Expansion in Health Care ServicesThe rapid rise of private equity’s influence over health care providers such as hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians’ practices threatens competition, affordability, patient safety, and worker wel...www.americanprogress.org