Steward Health Care’s CEO won’t be at a congressional hearing next week despite being subpoenaed, as his attorney says his testimony would be “wholly inappropriate” amid bankruptcy proceedings.
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Warren, Markey push private equity firm Apollo to ‘act quickly’ in sales of Steward hospitals
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are fixing on a new target in the Steward Health bankruptcy crisis, pushing affiliated private equity giant Apollo Global Management as the key “fulcrum economic stakeholder” in desperate efforts to sell the remaining Massachusetts hospitals.
Senate Republicans block Right to Contraception Act
Senate Republicans have blocked a bill offered by their Democratic colleagues aimed at codifying legal protections for contraception access.
Dobbs ‘is not an end point:’ Abortion advocates detail state of reproductive health in Massachusetts, future threats
While Massachusetts is still adapting to the fall of Roe v. Wade, more threats are coming down the pipeline, abortion advocates warned in a Senate hearing Wednesday.
Coward! Steward Health CEO dodges Senate hearing
A chair for Steward Health CEO Ralph de la Torre was notably vacant during the Senate’s hearing on the catastrophic financial mismanagement of the company’s Massachusetts hospitals and growing precarious role of private equity in healthcare Wednesday.
Co-pay: Bay State pols green with cash from Steward CEO
Massachusetts politicians have benefitted from the deep pockets of embattled Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, who spent years funneling tens of thousands to Democratic political causes before mostly switching allegiance to conservative movements, according to campaign finance records.
