This is all part of a broader trend of the "financialization" of health in the U.S. that I've described in the NEJM with colleagues last year: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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The Financialization of Health in the United States | NEJM
What do new forms of financial-sector ownership and influence in the U.S. health care
system, with their emphasis on short-term profit growth, mean for patients’ health
and pocketbooks?
