Maureen Tkacik - The Lever

Health Care • 9 min read

Private Equity Gloats Over A Doctor Glut

Health care vultures helped create an oversupply of ER physicians — now they want to use the surplus to cut wages and limit care.

Maureen Tkacik • 20 May 2022

Health Care • 15 min read

Out Of The ER, Into The Street

Enraged by Wall Street’s takeover of their profession, emergency physicians are rising up and speaking out.

Maureen Tkacik • 19 Apr 2022

Wall Street Is Pressing ER Docs To Fleece Patients

In an internal memo, the American College of Emergency Physicians let slip that its embrace of private equity could be exposing doctors to fraud charges.

Maureen Tkacik • 27 Oct 2021