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Single Payer Health Systems

bucolic_frolic

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1. Private equity strips the value out of everything

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 11:11 AM

Jan 9

They skim the profit centers and products, make them even more profitable, cheapen the products, then buy more brands with the improved cash flow. Owners, lawyers, MBAs all get paid. The little guy gets less durability and a cheapened product. Everything in the world is now about how much you pay. No pay, no good. It's like the investing concept of intrinsic value applied to goods and services.

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