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You Bet Your Life (Insurance): Private Equity Comes For Your Annuity

There are signs that private equity’s destabilizing role in the insurance industry is growing. In 2020 and 2021 (as we wrote at the time), large...

05.03.2026 4

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Eileen Appelbaum

Trump’s Health Care Affordability Pitch Shifts Costs to Patients

It’s no secret that the failure of Congressional Republicans to extend the enhanced premium subsidies for insurance purchased on the Affordable Care...

04.03.2026 10

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Eileen Appelbaum

Medicare Advantage Companies Focus on Profits Over Care as Open Enrollment Ends

Even recent feeble reforms have been rolled back when Trump appointees took the reins.

07.12.2025 9

Truthout

Eileen Appelbaum

As Federal Action Stalls, States Aim to Curb Private Equity Greed in Health Care

Research shows that private equity acquisitions raise costs and can lead to deterioration in patient care.

17.10.2025 6

Truthout

Eileen Appelbaum

The Consequences of Gutting Medicaid

On June 17, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation released updated estimates of the spending cuts and tax breaks...

25.06.2025 10

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Eileen Appelbaum