OCASIO-CORTEZ, WARREN, HOYLE, WYDEN, MERKLEY, SUBRAMANYAM INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN THE CORPORATE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

Washington, Sept. 16 -- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued the following press release:

The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would ban corporations and private equity from owning physicians. The bill is modeled on the landmark Oregon law that physicians have already used to successfully challenge corporate takeovers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Val Hoyle (OR-04), and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act to ban the corporate practice of medicine. "Across the country, private equity firms and corporate conglomerates are buying up American p...