Ed Markey

I think--what we have got on our hands right now is something that is only going to grow as the years go by.

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 communities that are most in need of health…

To be clear, I would forbid private equity firms from owning or controlling health care delivery.

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 prevent other Steward like disasters and to restore patients' needs to the forefront of our…

What is happening here in the Commonwealth is happening all over the country.

Together, we will guarantee every American a health care system, not a wealth care system.

Yes. And again two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women.

[A]s a result of years of failures by you and the private equity ownership at Steward, access to health care is at risk for Massachusetts communities, and thousands of health care workers' jobs could be lost.

The secret plan for every single Senator is to live to be a very old person

I created a program called Independence at Home to help people with chronic illnesses to have the dignity of staying in their homes.

Yes. And again two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women.

[A]s a result of years of failures by you and the private equity ownership at Steward, access to health care is at risk for Massachusetts communities, and thousands of health care workers' jobs could be lost.

With Senator Wyden, I created a program called Independence at Home to help people with chronic illnesses to have the dignity of staying in their homes.

The Congress is the right place to be, because the secret plan for every single Senator is to live to be a very old person

Yes. And again two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women.

[A]s a result of years of failures by you and the private equity ownership at Steward, access to health care is at risk for Massachusetts communities, and thousands of health care workers' jobs could be lost.

FDA approved the cancer drug KEYTRUDA in 2014, based on NIH research that my father helped to pay for as a truck driver at the Hood Milk Company.

Merck's former president, and you have already quoted him, Mr. Davis, he said we never try to forget that medicine is for the people--you know, my father--it is not for the profits.

Research is medicine's field of dreams from which we harvest to the indings to give hope to families that a cure can be found for the disease which has been running through their family's history.

I just think it has turned into medicine for the shareholders and not medicine for the people like my father.

We never try to forget that medicine is for the people... it is not for the profits.

Research is medicine's field of dreams from which we harvest to give hope to families that a cure can be found.

People don't believe the patients. They think that there is some phony pretend disease that people have.

If you get it, there is a very high probability that you are going to have long COVID.

COVID is real and it is disabling. And we know that we have to work on it.