Bankrupt Steward Health approved to sell six Massachusetts hospitals at a loss

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2. Private equity needs to be taxed at such rates to make their operations unprofitable.

They destroy, not build. The Steward CEO sucked money out of the hospitals by refusing to pay the leases on needed equipment while buying expensive corporate jets to provide lavish vacations for executives. I’m sure they’re doing the same with hospitals in other states. Since they get federal money through Medicare, the DOJ needs to investigate them. Steward got away with their financial depredations for years until a woman died after giving birth because a machine needed to save her life had been repossessed for nonpayment of the lease. Once the state got involved, things happened quickly. Massachusetts has an awesome AG.