At least 79 bills addressing private equity transactions and investor-backed ownership in healthcare have been introduced across 26 states in 2026 alone, according to a May analysis published in The ...

A bill addressing private equity involvement in Delaware hospitals passed in both chambers in late June. It now waits on Gov.

Short of an outright ban on private equity, the new measure requires that hospitals assert control over clinical decisions.

NFL team owners voted in 2024 to allow private equity, for the first time, to buy stakes in their teams. Yet, the NFL—with owners who know the private sector well—built 10 key guardrails that health ...

Commentary: The U.S. could face a shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036 as population ages, demand for care rises, and ...

As Connecticut moves to rein in private equity's playbook in hospital deals, pharma and life sciences leaders face a parallel ...

The largest doctors’ group in the U.S. also called for federal legislation to prevent corporate interference in healthcare.

A string of health-care bankruptcies has ignited a wave of public fury at financial dealmakers in the industry, prompting lawmakers in state houses around the country to draft tough new curbs. The ...

Vermont is regulating a largely hypothetical problem in a way that could make health care worse.

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Byers. We're recording on 02/19/2025. It's snowing here in Richmond, Virginia. We'll see how long that lasts, before this winter ...

An ICU nurse at a Boston hospital during a protest last year after Steward Health Care announced it would close the hospital. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Private ...

In this new series, MM+M explores the growing presence of private equity in the healthcare world. Host Heerea Rikhraj connects with Tom Donnelly of Supreme Group and Liz Kanter of Pivot Design to ...