…spend) some of that extra cash, and either pay down debt, or swap the cash (with the olds) for other portfolio assets: biz equity shares, home equity, durable goods (mostly…

…to federal Medicaid policy or state Medicaid programs potential policy levers for addressing maternal health and maternal health equity. Many state Medicaid programs have been experimenting with financing and delivery…

…equity–pilled bankruptcy court. A massive chain of crumbling safety-net hospitals Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has described as a “Ponzi scheme” filed for bankruptcy protection today in the notoriously “debtor-friendly” Southern District of Texas bankruptcy…

…of alternative investments — hedge funds, private equity, venture capital — which are risky asset classes that lead to significant variability in returns. A recent report from an investment analysis firm that…

…Food and Drug Administration from 2015 through 2020, the median price for a patient was $196,000 per year. Reason 7: Private Equity Wall Street investors who control private equity firms…

Looking at Black American employment in 10 major cities and what is at risk under the Trump administration. Unemployment was at record lows in the recent past. Trump’s anti-equity agenda…

…by wealth, absent a correction in equity markets. Housing equity is likely less of a driver, but HELOCs may come more into play On top of financial assets, housing wealth…

…as profits decrease after takeovers by corporate investors. By the beginning of 2024, private equity owned at least 386 hospitals, or roughly 30% of all for-profit hospitals in the United…

…only when you take the equity out in the form of interest, dividends or simply cashing out equity that tax is encured. The logical conclusion of this model is that…

…The phrase “value-based payment” emerged in the 2000s as the label for all methods of payment that shift insurance risk from insurance companies and public programs like Medicare onto health…