The costs of healthcare continue to rise but reimbursements are not keeping up

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JzHK8PCZ99Q 

 

Stop Wall Street's looting

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fZa1P2WJaTo

 

If you're making an average paycheck in Worcester, what homes can you afford?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dkO7lPfblGU

 

Private equity faces existential crisis in US as unsold companies pile up

But tens of thousands of layoffs, high bankruptcy rates, and the soaring wealth of dozens of private equity billionaires has created bipartisan momentum for more oversight, even before the current interest rate crisis. And Donald Trump’s push to allow everyday Americans to invest in the sector through their retirement plans has raised new concerns. 

 Congress’s June housing bill curbs private equity investments in single-family homes. November’s midterm elections, which are widely expected to deliver one or both houses of Congress to Democrats, could see a sea change for the industry in Washington, while several states are pursuing their own regulation...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/04/private-equity-boom-hospital-job-layoff

 

 

Taxpayer Dollars Going Into Trump Deals

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JuJyjLVs-7I

 

A For-Profit Hospital Slashed Costs. Then a Patient Froze to Death on Its Roof. – Mother Jones

A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/american-healthcare-systems-michael-sarian-for-profit-private-equity-adolphus-death/ 

Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity’s stake in US healthcare grows

One of the most heavily scrutinized practices of healthcare investors, including in the case of Steward, is the sale-leaseback. In a sale-leaseback, a healthcare provider (often a hospital) sells the property to an REIT. The property is then leased back to the hospital. Sale-leasebacks provide a cash infusion to both partners in the venture, investors and the healthcare business, but have been criticized for saddling hospitals – many of which were built on the public dime – with added expenses…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/06/us-private-equity-healthcare-joint-ventures

 

Why'd the Pentagon Pay $4,361 for a $46 Pin? Private Equity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dl8zdB2klQ 

Private equity is buying up hospitals, driving them into the ground, and selling them for parts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZxTku_KZwqY

Private Equity is Going After Your Utilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkK2AnaMFiU

How Private Equity Gutted Local Malls: Joann Fabrics, Red Lobster, Clair

It’s the same story every time: Private equity marches in, a few wealthy investors buy the outfit, strip out the assets, load the company up with debt, and suck money out of it until it collapses. 

Then, after thousands and thousands of workers have been laid off, after pensions get raided, and after stores close, those private equity firms walk away with their pockets stuffed with cash. 

And there goes your local mall and all the stores you grew up with.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7SQDuUKQs

 

Why the $3T 'private credit' industry is Wall Street’s latest worry : NPR

"It's [only] March, and we've had AI angst, private credit angst, and now we have a war. So there's a lot of angst," Aganga says...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5747128/private-credit-equity-jamie-dimon-wall-street 

 

Private Equity's Housing Takeover. We Need to Get Them Out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dl1VCdlbZI

 

Jared Kushner is at the heart of the Paramount-WBD bid

Paramount left out a significant fact in the press release announcing its offer: the bid includes funding from the private equity firm owned by Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, as well as three Arab monarchies, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which collectively have billions of dollars in ongoing ventures involving the Trump family business. Those details were buried in required paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/11/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-deal

 

Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bc6sMzf4TN0.

 

Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KxY1lIHCbYI

 

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals' versus non-private equity hospitals…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/private-equity-hospitals-medicare-patient-deaths

 

Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211 

 

Here's what happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood : Planet Money : NPR

What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself...

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2025/09/09/g-s1-87699/private-equity-corporate-landlords 

 

JOANN Fabrics, Party City, Toys R Us, Red Lobster — private equity drove them all to the ground

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9qgkDEGXMlw