The former head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said private equity firms warrant closer White House attention. Americans face “catastrophic consequences” for America if President Donald Trump’s antitrust team fails to properly scrutinize this sector, Lina Khan, recently resigned chair of the FTC, told the Financial Times (FT) in an interview Sunday (Jan. 26). She noted that private equity (PE) groups posed a particular threat to the U.S. healthcare system, and that given “the stakes of our healthcare markets, it’s extraordinarily important that we are staying vigilant here.”
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