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Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of July 31st
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!
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An electric Ford Mustang Mach-E 4X is shown displayed at the FLA Live
Arena, January 28, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida.
Ford Says Electric Cars Just Aren't Affordable
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Ford's CFO claims people can't afford its electric vehicles-but as
Harold Meyerson writes, that's not just because EVs are expensive.
It's because the lion's share of the revenue is going to
shareholders, while a diminished share is going to workers.
Shock Treatment in the Emergency Room
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The collapse of American Physician Partners, a private equity-owned
emergency room operator in 18 states, has physicians calling louder than
ever for a strike. Maureen Tkacik has the story.
Patient Zero
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of our needlessly complicated, byzantine health care system is thanks to
one bureaucrat turned private equity tycoon, who remade the industry in
his image. Read David Dayen on how Tom Scully created our corporatized
health care system over the course of his long career.
Merrick Garland Failed America
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Since taking office over two years ago, Merrick Garland had ample
evidence to draw upon for the indictments Jack Smith brought this week.
They are not too little, but as Ryan Cooper argues, they might be too
late.
Health Care's Intertwined Colossus
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UnitedHealth is the largest insurer & the largest employer of physicians
in the country, empowered by policy failures and aggressive mergers.
Read Krista Brown and Sara Sirota on the decades-long story of
UnitedHealth's rise to dominance.
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