Private Equity's Growing Impact on Healthcare, Housing, and Jobs Raises Concerns Across U.S.

Private equity firms have invested over $1 trillion in taking over health care companies across the U.S. in the past decade, raising concerns about how the push to profit affects patient care.

Research shows private equity ownership of nursing homes, hospitals, and physician practices can negatively impact patients, including higher death rates and more infections.

Private equity firms have also moved heavily into housing, with estimates that they could own 40% of single-family homes by 2030, driving up rents and housing costs.

Massachusetts ranks high in jobs impacted by private equity, with 9% of the private sector workforce employed by private equity-owned companies.

A new "Private Equity State Risk Index" details private equity involvement and risks across health care, housing, jobs, and pensions in all 50 states to empower communities.