{"id":3264,"date":"2026-03-27T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:00:10","slug":"economic-liberties-applauds-bicameral-take-back-our-hospitals-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3264","title":{"rendered":"Economic Liberties Applauds Bicameral \u201cTake Back Our Hospitals\u201d Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In response to Sen. Chris Murphy\u2019s (D-CT) and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon\u2019s (D-PA-05) introduction of the Take Back Our Hospitals Act<\/a>, which would effectively prohibit private-equity firms from owning hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, the American Economic Liberties Project put out the following statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cPrivate-equity ownership of healthcare facilities drives up prices, lowers wages, reduces access, and degrades patient care,\u201d said Emma Freer, Senior Policy Analyst for Healthcare at the American Economic Liberties Project.<\/strong> \u201cEconomic Liberties is proud to endorse the Take Back Our Hospitals Act, which would protect patients, employer health plan sponsors, and taxpayers from private-equity profiteering as the latest step towards breaking up Big Medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Take Back Our Hospitals Act would prohibit hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that are owned by a private-equity firm from receiving Medicare reimbursements. Extensive research shows that private-equity ownership in health care is associated with higher costs, lower wages, and, perhaps most importantly, worse patient outcomes, including significantly higher mortality. <\/p>\n

Economic Liberties has advocated for this kind of structural separation \u2013 to ensure insurers, middlemen, and other corporate entities, like private-equity firms, cannot own or control healthcare providers \u2013 since 2024, in both white papers<\/a> and the popular press<\/a>. In early 2025, Economic Liberties launched the Break Up Big Medicine<\/a> initiative to bring together independent healthcare professionals, patient advocates, employers, and policy experts who support structural reforms across the healthcare industry. This coalition has activated for in-person events<\/a> across the country, from Austin to New Orleans, and to support complementary legislation, including: <\/p>\n