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Dr Franck Clarot: "Why the financialization of the health system is a danger"

2023-05-29T20:51:47.174Z

Highlights: Financialization uses fundraising according to the principle of hedge funds. It requires the purchase of new companies in order to repay the debt created by the previous loan. The operations are made at higher rates than the real value of the shares (to be "attractive"), so it is quickly necessary to make...This article is for subscribers only. You still have 82% to discover.Want to read more?Unblock all items immediately.TEST FOR 0,99€.Already a subscriber? Log in.


TRIBUNE - Dr. Franck Clarot, radiologist and president of the National Federation of Radiologists, advocates for a strengthened public sector and private medicine independent of investment funds.


The application of financial and economic logics as a first principle is gradually gaining ground in the field of health in our country, after having swept elsewhere. Started in nursing homes, continued in medical biology, vision centers, associative dental centers, this movement gradually extends insidiously to other specialties: anatomical pathology and medical imaging are in the line of fire. Other targets will follow. And eventually, the entire health system.

Financialization uses fundraising according to the principle of hedge funds, which requires the purchase of new companies in order to repay the debt created by the previous loan: it is through this leverage effect that the investor aims to maximize profits and value the purchase structure... often before reselling it, in the short term.

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