By Selena Simmons-Duffin
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Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Erin Fuse Brown JD, MPH
Health Law Lab Lead, Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Biography
Erin Fuse Brown is a Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and former Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law at Georgia State University. Her work focuses on health law and policy, health care consolidation and pricing, consumer financial protections, and state and federal health reforms, and has informed policymaking at both the state and national levels.
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An Arm and a Leg
Some more things that didn’t suck in 2025
"New state laws tackle the burden of medical debt and the corporate take-over of medicine."
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The article explains how growing consolidation among insurers, hospitals, and physician groups is driving higher prices and fewer choices for patients, while current antitrust tools struggle to keep up with these increasingly complex mergers.
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Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon lawmakers vote to block rising corporate ownership of medical clinics
On Wednesday, the state House passed Senate Bill 951, the latest effort to expand Oregon’s prohibitions on corporate ownership in local care providers.
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Brown University
Market Power
Professors Erin Fuse Brown and Yashaswini Singh warn that private equity’s focus on short-term returns is reshaping healthcare at the expense of patients and providers. From overburdened hospitals to ethical dilemmas in mental health care, their insights expose how profit-driven ownership can undermine clinical priorities and public trust.
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The New Yorker
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here
This article dives into the controversial world of private equity in healthcare, where profit-driven strategies lead to higher patient costs and declining care quality. This article examines real examples, from staffing cuts to surprise billing, and explores how these changes threaten physician autonomy and the stability of U.S. healthcare.
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