Who Owns, and Who is Accountable for the New US For-Profit Medical Schools?






Mysteries still abound in the not so wonderful world of health care dysfunction, so once again, quick, the game's afoot...

The current mysteries involve beneficial ownership.  Beneficial ownership
questions are important to anti-corruption campaigners.  Beneficial
ownership simply refers to "anyone who enjoys the benefits of ownership
of a security or property, without being on the

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