Episode 2 - Moguls & McRibs: There Is A Spectre Haunting Hahnemann

bae rightly scolds fidel and sigmund for fomenting chaos at mcdonalds (trying the mcrib), but sigmund redeems herself by presenting a terrific case study of the historical rise and fall of Hahnemann University Hospital (Rest In Power) in Philly. winners: real estate moguls and private equity psychopaths, specifically <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/04/01/philadelphia-hahnemann-hospital-joel-freedman/">Joel Freedman.</a> losers: patients, students, healthcare and hospital workers, and increasingly <a href="https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/217210/hospital-medicine/hahnemanns-closure-lesson-private-equity-healthcare">the future of medicine in the united states.</a><br/><br/>further reading: <br/><br/>long-form expos&#233; of Allegheny Health Network&#8217;s role in Hahnemann&#8217;s eventual demise by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: <a href="http://old.post-gazette.com/aherf/default.asp">&#8220;Anatomy of a Bankruptcy&#8221;</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2020/07/30/hahnemanns-center-city-real-estate-up-for-sale.html">&#8220;Hahnemann University Hospital real estate comes up for sale in 'generational opportunity'&#8220; </a><br/><br/>music: <br/><br/>intro: created by fidel cashtho<br/><br/>old timey music: blue room by benny goodman <br/><br/>Get on the email list at <a href="https://www.marxismandmedicine.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.marxismandmedicine.com</a>