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.
This is a prime example of the danger of private equity. The private equity firms walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars.
A broken health care promise could cause communities their lives and livelihoods.
If that courage were available, and you see it in this room in Senator Markey and Senator Warren, then we know at least where to begin to pr...
The blame for this crisis falls squarely on the private equity firm that bought the hospitals and stripped their assets.
Right. So going in, they would want you to think that if anything went wrong, it was because of benign neglect.
I do not understand how regulators can approve such a deal.
To be clear, I would forbid private equity firms from owning or controlling health care delivery.
We need to hold these executives accountable. We need to rein in private equity's influence over the health care system.
How do they think they are going to make tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in return on their investment?
Instead of health care experts, you do have wealth care experts.
They are going to charge everybody who comes in the door more, which means either the taxpayers, the insurance companies, or private individ...
Failure to appear is cowardice.
I am announcing a new agenda that provides for stronger oversight of corporate greed.
Failure is not an option. We have to fix the system.
We need a health care system for everyone, supported by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal.
Thank you, Senator Markey, for stepping up to champion the state-based Universal Health Care Act, SBUHCA.
