Private equity snaps up disability services, challenging regulators

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.)

I agree, there should be no limited liability for for-profit healthcare organizations.

And non-profit health care orgs should have strict regulation, and the state should appoint some of the members of the board.

> there should be no limited liability for for-profit healthcare organizations

Any. If you ringfence it to for-profit companies you'll just wind up with non-profits either siphoning profits away or exorbitantly compensating their leadership.