"How do they think they are going to make tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in return on their investment?"
"We need accountability here, and law enforcement authorities should carefully review every aspect of this fiasco."
"If that courage were available--and I think you see it in this room in Senator Markey and Senator Warren--then we know at least where to begin to prevent other Steward-like disasters."
"When you remove a facility from a community, they no longer will maintain that ability to live prosperous lives."
"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 commu..."
"Increased wait times and critical shortage of staff leading to dangerous boarding levels and critically dangerous patient to nurse ratios in the emergency department."
"We need to hold these executives accountable. We need to rein in private equity's influence over the health care system."
"We should forbid the typical private equity approach of loading health care organizations with debt, extracting capital, and leaving stripped down organizations in bankruptcy or worse."
"The corporate practice of medicine puts profits before people."
"We need a health care system for everyone, supported by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal."
"I think--what we have got on our hands right now is something that is only going to grow as the years go by."
"Yes. And I think that no resounds throughout the room in terms of this balance of power at the corporate boards."
"The potential collapse of Steward Healthcare threatens access to health care for communities all across our Commonwealth."
"I am announcing a new agenda that provides for stronger oversight of corporate greed."
"Health care is a sacred trust, a sacred responsibility."
"To be clear, I would forbid private equity firms from owning or controlling health care delivery."
"Fighting against corporate greed is going to be an uphill battle, but it is what Senator Warren, and I are promising you here today."
"They are going to charge everybody who comes in the door more, which means either the taxpayers, the insurance companies, or private individuals, right?"
