02:35 PM EDT, 08/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Lawmakers in Massachusetts and California are weighing new checks on acquisitions of healthcare businesses by private-equity companies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The two bills differ in details, but both strengthen the ability of state regulators to challenge healthcare acquisitions by corporations. They target the legal structures private-equity companies use to make such acquisitions, and they both face challenges to becoming law, according to the report.

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