They kept the State of Massachusetts in the dark. They refused to provide the information necessary for the state to be able to make a determination as to the financial condition of Steward.

We need these hospitals, and we need them to be open and functioning, and functioning at a high level.

I commend Senator Warren for her proposed 'Stop Wall Street Looting Act,' which would close many of the loopholes used by the private equity players.

Thank you. And, Dr. Stinson, could you expand on how these for profit hospitals interfere in-- operationally with the delivery of equity and justice, especially for Black and Brown and immigrant communities that are most in need of health…

Right. So going in, they would want you to think that if anything went wrong, it was because of benign neglect.

I think if it were beneficial for the hospitals or beneficial for the people of the Commonwealth, we would hear about all of those elements.

Thank you for inviting me to testify at today's important hearing.

The Health Over Wealth Act would protect every patient and provider that private equity touches.

If we close our doors, there is nowhere for people to go, nowhere.

We need a health care system for everyone, supported by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal.

It clearly would ultimately wind up harming the nonprofit sector that provides the very same services.

Thank you so much for your--thank you so much for your testimony.

Can we really have accountability of corporate greed without greater transparency in this one sector, the health care sector, that affects every family in our Country?

We have to protect it against the predators who are looking at this, our health care system as just another way of making themselves more wealthy.

If we close our doors, there is nowhere for people to go, nowhere.

Failure to appear is cowardice.

Greed thrives in the dark. And turning on the lights will help.

Thank you for inviting me to testify at today's important hearing.