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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

Private equity’s role in US healthcare remains unchecked after California veto

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Gavin Newsom vetoed an initiative to rein in private equity investment in healthcare: ‘I cannot sign this bill.’ Photograph: Eric Thayer/AP

Hopes to rein in private equity investment in healthcare died in California last weekend, as a nationally watched bill was vetoed by the Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom.

The bill was the nation’s most high-profile legislative effort to regulate such investments in healthcare, and would have given the state attorney general discretion to deny mergers.

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