Failure to appear is cowardice.

How do they think they are going to make tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in return on their investment?

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

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

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

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.

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

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 think if it were beneficial for the hospitals or beneficial for the people of the Commonwealth, we would hear about all of those elements.

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