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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 hold these executives accountable. We need to rein in private equity's influence over the health care system.

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