43cc

Private Equity's Plan to Pillage Healthcare


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To put it bluntly, private equity is laundering their greed through the good will of healthcare. Brendan Ballou, a federal prosecutor who served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division and author of "Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America", joins us to talk about how PE has taken over healthcare, and what we can do about it.

Have a story to share? Tell the FTC.

The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services launced a cross-government inquiry on the impact of corporate greed in health care.

They want to hear from you.

Share you story here: FTC.gov

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43ccBy Wendy Dean, MD and Matthew Ramsey, MD

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