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Private equity firms have quietly acquired hundreds of hospice providers across America, stripping staffing and maximizing Medicare reimbursements while vulnerable patients receive substandard care in their final days. How we treat the dying is a moral test—and Wall Street is failing it spectacularly.
America's largest 'nonprofit' hospital systems are paying executives millions while claiming tax exemptions worth billions. The community benefit they promise? It's mostly accounting fiction that enriches a managerial class while patients face medical bankruptcy.
The United States has the worst maternal mortality rate among wealthy nations, with Black women dying at three times the rate of white women. State reporting failures and healthcare cuts are making this deadly crisis invisible.
CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid have shuttered thousands of locations in the past five years, with closures concentrated overwhelmingly in low-income, Black, and rural communities. These pharmacy deserts are creating a public health emergency that federal and state governments refuse to address.