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Private equity snaps up disability services, challenging regulators

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182 points tencentshill | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 13:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.345s | source
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JumpCrisscross ◴[29 Aug 25 15:27 UTC] No.45065373[source]▶
Healthcare, especially the patient-facing part, isn’t like other services.

If we want private ownership of this infrastructure it has to look more like either a utility, where the state has a direct say in service changes and pricing, or a partnership, where unlimited liability flows through to the owners. I’m a fan of the latter.

Limited liability was an amazing invention. But it’s not appropriate for healthcare. Turn these services into partnerships and you’ll see the give-a-shit factor quintuple overnight. (You’ll also probably see a reduction in leverage.)

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1. next_xibalba ◴[29 Aug 25 17:15 UTC] No.45066795[source]▶
I would think unlimited liability would only work to increase prices as it would mean providers would become more laden with lawyers, even more bureaucratized and slow (spend most of your time documenting everything so we don't lose lawsuits), etc.

Those already seems like drivers of cost in hospitals. I have several family members who work in healthcare who are just miserable because so much of their time is consumed by things that are not helping and healing patients (documentation, etc.)