Senators, Medical Workers Say ‘Corporate Greed’ Is Source of Steward Health Crisis

Published on April 3, 2024

The unfolding crisis surrounding Texas-based Steward Health Care Systems was at the core of a congressional field hearing in Boston on April 3. The embattled for-profit health system’s financial woes have hit Massachusetts hard as the company’s nine Bay State hospitals struggle to keep the lights on. Steward Health Care Systems Chairman and CEO Ralph de la Torre declined to attend the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing condemning “corporate greed” in health care at the Massachusetts State House. But a panel of industry professionals was nevertheless on hand to air their grievances. Dr. Ellana Stinson, an emergency medicine physician and president of the New England Medical Association, said she had worked at several Steward facilities before noticing they all shared common problems....

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