You might look out to the ocean and see the tiny lip of what becomes a massive wave by the time it hits the shore. In the world of healthcare, that phenomenon would be like investors buying up hospitals and clinics of all kinds. Corporations are joining the fray as well—they, like anyone else, want to cut their medical expenses. Mainstream press focuses on the “greedy corporate overlord” narrative whenever a nonmedical business buys a clinic. Under this theme, such moves could be anticompetitive and kill the care patients get. There’s some truth to those outcomes. Yet the reality of investor-owned medical offices is nuanced. There are more layers to ownership-based incentives now than even before. This episode’s here to tell you why someone buying a clinic brings massive consequences for patients everywhere.

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