logo
episode-header-image
May 2024
42m 32s

How Private Equity Profits from Patients...

MORAL INJURY OF HEALTHCARE
About this episode

Rosemary Batt is the Alice Hanson Cook Professor of Women and Work at the Industrial Labor Relations School at Cornell University and a Professor in Human Resource Studies and International and Comparative Labor. Her research focuses on comparative international studies of management and employment relations, with particular attention to the impact of financialization on management and employment and the globalization and restructuring of service industries and its impact on low wage workers.

https://cepr.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AB-Financialization-In-Healthcare-Spitzer-Rept-09-09-21.pdf

To support the podcast: https://www.fixmoralinjury.org/get-started

Twitter - @fixmoralinjury

Instagram - @moralinjury

Facebook - @moralinjuryofhc

LinkedIn - @moral Injury of Healthcare

Up next
Aug 2024
Season Finale | S8 : E11 | Bye - for now - and Hello to 43cc.
Our season wraps up with Simon and Wendy discussing the whole experience of producing the 8 seasons of Moral Matters. We highlight excerpts from just a few of the amazing conversations we've had over the last four years: Jeremy Muller, Joe Crane, Blake Alkire, Rosemary Batt, Thom ... Show More
17m 59s
Aug 2024
Feeling Helpless? Take Action l S8 : E10 | Dr. Don Berwick
Today we're looking back to one of our favorite conversations from season 1 with Dr. Don Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Dr. Berwick is a long-time advocate for improving healthcare for both patients and providers. During ... Show More
37m 21s
Jul 2024
Never Lead with Finances | S8 : E9 | Ed Tufaro
This week’s episode is a look back at a conversation from our very first season, amid the complexities of Covid19, and stands as a stunning example of how administrators and physicians can come together to ensure the well-being of their staff, patients, and community, even during ... Show More
48m 54s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2024
Are You And Your Employer In An Abusive Relationship?
Burnout culture is everywhere - case in point, a lawsuit brought against Goldman Sachs earlier this year by a former employee claiming that the relentless workload required by the firm led to heart problems and depression. The firm’s response was of particular note to Sarah Green ... Show More
39m 13s
Jul 2023
Why good jobs are good for business (with Zeynep Ton)
Low pay is obviously terrible for workers, but a growing body of research proves that it’s bad for businesses, too. Smaller paychecks lead to higher turnover, decreased productivity, and poor sales. Will low-wage employers in the grocery, retail, and restaurant industries ever un ... Show More
43m 32s
Dec 2022
Workplace Wellness
Charging disabled people more for health care is illegal. But what about ... charging non-disabled people less? Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreBuy Aubrey's new bookListen to Mike's new podcast Li ... Show More
1h 12m
Nov 2023
Xi (Sisi) Hu, PhD & Tiffany Chan, MA
Dr. Sisi Hu is a labor economist with a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford and postdoctoral training at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy and the National Bureau of Economic Research. She specializes in modeling disruption and risks in labor markets, and i ... Show More
41m 47s
Mar 2023
The high price of misclassification (with Heidi Shierholz)
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute found that anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of employers are essentially stealing thousands of dollars from their workers every year by misclassifying them as independent contractors. In addition to lower pay, those misclassified work ... Show More
35m 39s
Dec 2021
Healthcare workers are burnt out
What can be done to stem the tide of carers quitting the industry? Before the pandemic the healthcare sector struggled to recruit enough workers. Today they're leaving in droves. Citing physical and mental exhaustion, poor working conditions, a lack of appreciation and miserly pa ... Show More
17m 28s
Nov 2021
Why thousands of workers in the US are striking
Thousands of employees across the US are on strikes demanding change, and they're hoping that a worker-friendly Congress and arguably the most pro-union president in decades will help them get it.  In this episode: Marlena Pellegrino, nurse striking from St. Vincent Hospital (@Sa ... Show More
22m 12s
Nov 2023
33. The Ozempic Trade: "Health" and Body Image on Wall Street Feat. Lindsey Lusson
Send us a textOzempic and similar drugs are dominating the conversation about culture, health, and financial markets right now.  But what does it mean for Wall Street --- not just for investors, but also in terms of its impact on the social norms of the industry?   **TRIGGER WARN ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 2023
Rebooting American Health Care, with Amy Finkelstein
How can public policy improve upon and fix the mess of U.S. health care? In a new book, health economists Amy Finkelstein (MIT) and Liran Einav (Stanford) argue that's the wrong question. Instead, they suggest we ask: What is it that U.S. health policy should try to accomplish?Fi ... Show More
47m 15s