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Re:US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect by lostmsu on Sunday October 25, 2026 @12:45PM (#50233485)
> private equitization of dental offices

Owned in the end by the very same dentists, no?

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Re:US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect by Volundr on Sunday October 25, 2026 @01:30PM (#50233921)
No.
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Re:US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect by Jensson on Sunday October 25, 2026 @02:26PM (#50234498)
73% of dentists own their own practice, so you are wrong.
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Re:US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect by Volundr on Sunday October 25, 2026 @02:46PM (#50234751)
Most states require that a dentist own the practice so PE essentially splits the business in 2 where a dentist (maybe the original owner, maybe a new dentist brought in by the PE) own hiring any dentists and the patient records, while an MSO owns the building, all other staff, contracts and cash flow rights. So sure on paper a dentist "owns" the practice, but in reality the PE firm owns everything that makes it a business and exerts a ton of control.

But sure, keep imagining PE is pumping money into the industry to buy nothing.

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Re:US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect by lostmsu on Sunday October 25, 2026 @02:43PM (#50234709)
I referred to indirect ownership through owning stakes in the private investment fund(s) that owns their own practice.
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Re:US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect by _DeadFred_ on Sunday October 25, 2026 @09:28PM (#50237928)
https://adanews.ada.org/ada-news/2024/august/private-equity-...

"The percentage of dentists affiliated with private equity has nearly doubled over the course of six years"

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