Profits Over Patients
[F]law School
Summary:
In this episode of [F]law School, hosts Molly Enloe and Gauri Sood sit down with third-year law student Charlotte Laurence to expose how private equity is infiltrating our healthcare system and, more specifically, how profit-driven investors are playing shell games with nursing homes—trading care for cash flow, and leaving some of the most vulnerable residents in the wreckage. Charlotte unpacks the legal loopholes and financial sleight-of-hand that make it all possible, showing how the law isn’t just failing to stop the harm—it’s greasing the wheels.
Editors:
Very special thanks to Nandini Kalani for production and editing assistance.
Guest Bio:
Charlotte Laurence is a student at Harvard Law School in the Class of 2025. She is also a graduate of the University of California Berkeley and University of Cambridge. Before law school, Charlotte researched topics in History of Science and worked as a speech writer for the Shadow Minister of Women and Equalities in the British Parliament.
Music:
Our theme music is "I Been Waiting" by Crystal Squad, and you'll also hear segments of "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions.
[F]law Resources:
- Charlotte Laurence, I Couldn’t Care Less: Private (In)equity and Nursing Home Abuse
- Tuhin Chakraborty, When Healthcare Doesn’t Care
- Sean Healey, CON Laws and the Capture of Care
- Emma Leibowitz, First Make A Profit
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