Tag: role

Senators launch bipartisan probe of private equity’s growing role in U.S. health care

Two U.S. senators have launched a bipartisan investigation into secretive and powerful private-equity firms’ involvement in health care in the nation, demanding documents and information from executives associated with two hospital systems to assess how much profit they have generated through their complex financial arrangements and whether the deals harmed patients and clinicians.   Sheldon Whitehouse, […]

Doug Emhoff aims for a role as consoler amid the Israel-Hamas war

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff spoke Tuesday to the owner of a Jewish-owned falafel restaurant in Philadelphia that was the target of protests the White House has called antisemitic, offering support amid heightened political tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.  In the call, Emhoff and Michael Solomonov, the Israeli American chef and owner of Goldie, talked about […]