Anatomy of typical social media misinformation, this time it's Twitter.
Here's the scoop: They were already privately owned. The story here is of a change of ownership, *not* acquisition of public health infrastructure by a private business.
The Guardian, the fucking *Guardian* reported on it, and they had the facts right.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/26/nhs-gp-practice-operator-with-500000-patients-passes-into-hands-of-us-health-insurer
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Here's the scoop: They were already privately owned. The story here is of a change of ownership, *not* acquisition of public health infrastructure by a private business.