Health Affairs November 3, 2025
Editor’s Note
This article is part of “Ethics & Health Systems Change,” an ongoing, periodic Health Affairs Forefront symposium on the ethical implications of developments in the business of health care. Articles will consider the ethical implications of developments in the health system such as changing ownership structures, corporate and private equity investment, shifting regulatory requirements, and industry responses to social and political change. The symposium will include both solicited and over-the-transom articles; we invite readers to submit articles for the symposium through our submission portal and check the “Ethics and Health Systems Change” box on the form.
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