This Journal article from The Lancet outlines how real estate investment trusts (REITs) have emerged as a form of rent-seeking financial ownership of health-care facilities and health-care providers. Given the rise of REITs in health care and their expanding global influence, policy makers should take a proactive stance towards regulating health-care REITs to disincentivise short-term profiteering and encourage long-term health-care investments that promote patient access and health-care quality.