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The case against for-profit health care on Wall Street

The American health care system, as I see it, is undergoing a quiet, clinical decapitation. At the root of this crisis is a fundamental, irreconcilable conflict of interest: the presence of health care companies on the public stock market.

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The American health care system, as I see it, is undergoing a quiet, clinical decapitation.

At the root of this crisis is a fundamental, irreconcilable conflict of interest: the presence of health care companies on the public stock market.

While we like to believe our medical institutions are guided by the Hippocratic Oath, the reality Read more… The case against for-profit health care on Wall Street originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The American health care system, as I see it, is undergoing a quiet, clinical decapitation. At the root of this crisis is a fundamental, irreconcilable conflict of interest: the presence of health care companies on the public stock market. While we like to believe our medical institutions are guided by the Hippocratic Oath, the reality Read more… The case against for-profit health care on Wall Street originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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