Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties [khn.org]
By Fred Schulte, Image: Screengrab of ABC15 Arizona Broadcast, Kaiser Health News, November 14, 2022 Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm. His parents sued the Kool Smiles dental clinic in Yuma, Arizona, and its private equity investor, FFL Partners. They argued the procedures were done needlessly, in keeping with a corporate strategy to maximize profits by...