2. In Pennsylvania, a private equity CEO (& major Trump donor) threatened to shut down a hospital in the middle of the pandemic unless it received millions in taxpayer cash

It worked

The private equity firm is now getting paid $8 million from taxpayers https://popular.info/p/how-private-equity-is-using-the-pandemic">https://popular.info/p/how-pri...
3. In Philadelphia, a private equity CEO refused to let the city use a completely empty hospital as a quarantine center unless the city paid him $1 million a week.

The city refused and the hospital sits empty in the middle of a pandemic. https://popular.info/p/how-private-equity-is-using-the-pandemic">https://popular.info/p/how-pri...
6. Over the last several years, private equity firms have been buying up ER staffing companies, taking the doctors out of network, and hitting people with massive surprise bills.

Now private equity wants a $3.5 billion bailout for the same firms. https://popular.info/p/how-private-equity-is-using-the-pandemic">https://popular.info/p/how-pri...
7. Private equity is doing this because they figure people are busy trying to stay alive and can& #39;t pay that much attention.

That& #39;s where my newsletter comes in.

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