So, Dr. Berwick, is there anything in the deal as reported so far that requires Steward to put that money back into the Massachusetts hospitals?

The potential collapse of Steward Healthcare threatens access to health care for communities all across our Commonwealth.

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?

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.

This hearing is a good start, and I am grateful to Senator Markey for getting the ball rolling.

A broken health care promise could cause communities their lives and livelihoods.

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

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.

We need to keep the doors open. We need to protect workers. And we need to provide quality care for our communities.

When private equity gets hold of health care providers, it is literally a matter of life and death.

I have been warning about the dangers of private equity for years.

I do not understand how regulators can approve such a deal.

The blame for this crisis falls squarely on the private equity firm that bought the hospitals and stripped their assets.

Failure to appear is cowardice.

It is called the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, and it is the most comprehensive legislation to fundamentally reform the private equity industry.

The potential collapse of Steward Healthcare threatens access to health care for communities all across our Commonwealth.

They are going to charge everybody who comes in the door more, which means either the taxpayers, the insurance companies, or private individuals, right?

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