How private equity is squeezing more profit out of hospital patients

Surging healthcare costs have made life less affordable for many Americans. The premium patients pay at facilities run by private equity add to the burden.

Stage 3 renal cancer cost Jill Shannon a kidney in 2023. Then the healthcare worker in Las Cruces, New Mexico, experienced difficulties with chemotherapy injections, and her doctor suggested she have a port put in place to make the treatments easier.

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