Bloomberg Law
June 14, 2024, 9:00 AM UTC

ANALYSIS: Lawmakers Take Aim at PE Health-Care Binge

Eleanor Tyler
Eleanor Tyler
Legal Analyst

Private equity’s role in the health-care industry is a hot topic among US antitrust regulators—both federal regulators and state enforcers are focused on whether and how private equity ownership impacts quality and availability of care.

State and federal legislators are also taking note, introducing legislation aimed at curbing what some see as the risk of permitting the private equity business model to expand in the health-care industry.

A bill introduced this week in the US Senate, and one pending before the California senate, demonstrate the primary government concerns about ownership in health care. Regardless of the outcome of these specific ...

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