Thank you for inviting me to testify at today's important hearing.
I think--what we have got on our hands right now is something that is only going to grow as the years go by.
We need a health care system for everyone, supported by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal.
When you remove a facility from a community, they no longer will maintain that ability to live prosperous lives.
If that courage were available, and you see it in this room in Senator Markey and Senator Warren, then we know at least ...
I commend Senator Warren for her proposed 'Stop Wall Street Looting Act,' which would close many of the loopholes used b...
If that courage were available--and I think you see it in this room in Senator Markey and Senator Warren--then we know a...
the pursuit of profit ought to have, at most, a very, very limited role to play in navigating our way to the health and ...
We need these hospitals, and we need them to be open and functioning, and functioning at a high level.
Thank you, Senator Markey, for stepping up to champion the state-based Universal Health Care Act, SBUHCA.
But it should. And that is really the point here. So, I am also introducing new legislation to change that.
I think if it were beneficial for the hospitals or beneficial for the people of the Commonwealth, we would hear about al...
It is insufficient to simply replace one for-profit company with another, like Steward or Optum, without assurances.
The blame for this crisis falls squarely on the private equity firm that bought the hospitals and stripped their assets.
We have failed to step up and change the law to protect the delivery of health care system in America.
I will say it bluntly, turning private equity loose in our health care system kills people.
Failure to appear is cowardice.
