Thank you for inviting me to testify at today's important hearing.
I commend Senator Warren for her proposed 'Stop Wall Street Looting Act,' which would close many of the loopholes used by the private equity...
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.
I have been warning about the dangers of private equity for years.
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 beg...
We have failed to step up and change the law to protect the delivery of health care system in America.
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 deter...
Throughout your career, you have worked to make government serve the common good.
Right. So going in, they would want you to think that if anything went wrong, it was because of benign neglect.
This hearing is a good start, and I am grateful to Senator Markey for getting the ball rolling.
This is a prime example of the danger of private equity. The private equity firms walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars.
It is called the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, and it is the most comprehensive legislation to fundamentally reform the private equity indus...
Can we really have accountability of corporate greed without greater transparency in this one sector, the health care sector, that affects e...
Failure is not an option. We have to fix the system.
Failure to appear is cowardice.
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 we...
We need to keep the doors open. We need to protect workers. And we need to provide quality care for our communities.
