Elizabeth Warren

We need to put an end to that, and we can.

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

The sale has been spun as a way out of the financial crisis for Steward's Massachusetts hospitals.

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

I am announcing a new agenda that provides for stronger oversight of corporate greed.

We need accountability here, and law enforcement authorities should carefully review every aspect of this fiasco.

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

The Stop Wall Street Looting Act's joint liability provisions would create actual accountability for that kind of corporate profiteering.

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

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.

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

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

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

I will say it bluntly, turning private equity loose in our health care system kills people.

Private equity should not be allowed to loot one business after another, and I have introduced the most comprehensive bill to overhaul the private equity industry.

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

It is insufficient to simply replace one for-profit company with another, like Steward or Optum, without assurances.

To consider seeking an end to the practice of offsetting Social Security benefits to pay off defaulted student loans.

Our policy requires employees to inform all applicants and beneficiaries about the availability of SNAP benefits and to assist SSI applicants and beneficiaries who live in SSI only households with filing SNAP applications.

To consider seeking an end to the practice of offsetting Social Security benefits to pay off defaulted student loans.

Administrative cuts have placed significant strain on the agency, and both staff and beneficiaries have been forced to bear the consequences.

Our policy requires employees to inform all applicants and beneficiaries about the availability of SNAP benefits and to assist SSI applicants and beneficiaries who live in SSI only households with filing SNAP applications.

To consider seeking an end to the practice of offsetting Social Security benefits to pay off defaulted student loans.

Our policy requires employees to inform all applicants and beneficiaries about the availability of SNAP benefits and to assist SSI applicants and beneficiaries who live in SSI only households with filing SNAP applications.

[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.