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Private equity could make veterinarian care, healthcare, autism care, mobile homes, hospices, petrol stations, dentists, etc. more expensive / decrease quality

By Hicbd
Mon Aug 1 2022 11:25 am

"Known as a “roll-up”, it involves buying large numbers of smaller or independent businesses using debt, and merging them into a large group that can cut costs with economies of scale. Rival buyout groups have snapped up dental surgeries and petrol stations in a similar way. The model rests, in part, on a piece of financial engineering known as “multiple arbitrage”, in which buyout groups calculate that the price they pay for a small business, per dollar of its earnings, is lower than the price they can later receive for it as part of a bigger group...One vet in southern England says the price of Metacam, a widely dispensed anti-inflammatory painkiller, rose at their practice by 28 per cent to £82.79 for a 100ml bottle after IVC took over."

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https://www.ft.com/content/9a825fe8-8ea5-4ef3-84b7-2529bfe5ffed
https://prospect.org/economy/cut-off-private-equitys-money-spigot/
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/6/21024740/private-equity-taylor-swift-toys-r-us-elizabeth-warren
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/private-equity-ownership-helping-or-hurting-rural-hospitals

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Healthcare Consumer Protection / Safety U.S. Healthcare Hospices / Palliative Care Investing / Portfolio Management Corruption / Fraud Mobile Homes Dentistry Private Equity Veterinarian Medicine Government Regulation / Oversight Economic Research

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