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Lawmakers tour Steward healthcare facilities

Lawmakers tour Steward healthcare facilities
DOUG A SIGN OF HOW BAD THINGS ARE. CONTRACTORS WORKING HERE TO REBUILD NORWOOD HOSPITAL SAY THEY HAVEN’T BEEN PAID BY STUART, AND THIS PROJECT IS NOW STALLED. CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN LYNCH TOURED THIS SITE ALONG WITH STATE OFFICIALS. HE SAYS HE’S BEEN TOLD SOME CONTRACTORS ARE PULLING MATERIAL OUT OF THIS SITE. LYNCH ALSO TORE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL IN BROCKTON AS STUART OPERATES TEN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. WEEKS AGO, STUART TOLD LYNCH AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THEY WANT TO SELL OFF THEIR HOSPITALS IN THIS STATE. WE NEED TO GET COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY FROM STUART HEALTHCARE ABOUT THEIR FINANCES, ABOUT THEIR PLANS, ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE $150 MILLION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE AND THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION STOW. POURED INTO THE STUART SYSTEM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? THE GOVERNOR CERTAINLY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW STUART ENDED UP IN THIS FINANCIAL SITUATION AS WELL. THERE REPORTEDLY $50 MILLION BEHIND ON RENT. THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED STUART TO SUBMIT COMPLETE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON ITS HOSPITAL OPERATIONS TO THE STATE BY THIS FRIDAY. WE’
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Lawmakers tour Steward healthcare facilities
A Massachusetts congressman and other state leaders still have questions after visiting two hospitals run by Steward Health Care, a company that is in dire financial straits.

A Massachusetts congressman and other state leaders still have questions after visiting two hospitals run by Steward Health Care, a company that is in dire financial straits.

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