In Oregon, the state was hit by a series of earth-shattering consequences of corporatized medicine

The Oregon Statehouse passed the strictest prohibition on the corporate control of medicine in the country.

The idea was that medical professionals, not corporate executives, would be in charge of making medical decisions.

But a frenzied lobbying blitz stalled the bill’s progress in the Senate , where Republicans began to grumble about “unintended consequences” of corporatized medicine.

Bill banning noncompetes for health care practitioners was a key plank of the Oregon bill.

The bill was little more than a commonsense interpretation of the 1947 law for the private equity age.

The Justice Department is currently investigating the company for criminal Medicare fraud along with a host of antitrust violations.

Democratic governors in states reeling from thousands of hospital jobs and beds lost to private equity heists have repeatedly failed to meet the moment.

Yet in Oregon , reform was able to break through. The contagion may already be spreading. Indiana is implementing a significant price-setting law for hospitals. Several states are working on limiting hospital mergers.