@greenpagenc: After the pandemic hit independent medical practices and community hospitals hard, private equity firms started "rolling them up," quietly buying separate practices and merging them under corporate umbrellas. To protect investor returns, they cut staff and support. A JAMA study found hospitals acquired by private equity saw a 25.4% rise in hospital-acquired adverse events, including patient falls and central-line infections. The same playbook is hitting home services. Firms have bought dozens of family-founded HVAC and plumbing companies. The trusted local name stays on the trucks, but the business behind it answers to investors now. Delivery apps charge local restaurants up to 30% per order, push gas, insurance and car costs onto drivers, and add fees for customers. That money leaves downtown and goes straight into tech valuations. Local shops are still hanging on. Let's not let them go. 🏡 Make what you can. Repurposing is chic. #SmallBusiness #rowancounty #salisburync #shoplocal #privateequity

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