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How Private Equity Is Rolling Up Urgent Care Centers
Private equity firms are on pace to acquire over 200 urgent care clinics this year alone, rolling up a fragmented $48 billion market. Lucas walks through the economics: why urgent care margins beat primary care by nearly 20 percentage points, how one chain—MedExpress—tripled its footprint after a single buyout, and why the model works best in states without certificate-of-need laws. Luna pushes back on whether consolidation actually improves patient wait times, citing a recent study that found average visit times actually ticked up after PE acquisitions. The hosts also discuss why the Biden…
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