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Morton Hospital's addiction services program in Taunton is on the chopping block
Steward Health Care is selling the hospital at the end of the month. New leadership at LifeSpan informed staff Wednesday night that the program would be shuttered. -
US Senate committee approves contempt charges against Steward CEO
Dr. Ralph de la Torre's lawyer says he's constitutionally protected from testifying at a hearing that seeks to paint him as a scapegoat. -
Threat of contempt charges looms as federal lawmakers seek accountability from Steward CEO
Most of Steward’s hospitals in Massachusetts will be sold under recent approval from a federal bankruptcy judge. But officials are frustrated that Ralph de la Torre will apparently not comply with a Senate subpoena. -
Five Steward hospital sales approved by federal bankruptcy judge
Massachusetts will give the hospitals another $42 million to prop up their operations before new owners take over. -
Ralliers plead for state leaders to save Dorchester, Ayer hospitals
"The fight's not over," said Boston City Councilor John FitzGerald. -
State plans to temporarily take over St. Elizabeth's as most Steward hospitals go to new owners
Two facilities are still poised to close: Dorchester’s Carney Hospital and Ayer’s Nashoba Valley Medical Center. -
Boston City Council proposes taking over Carney Hospital by eminent domain
The Steward-owned hospital in Dorchester is set to close at the end of August. -
US senators subpoena Steward CEO to testify about hospitals' bankruptcy
Sen. Ed Markey sees a planned September hearing as a "day of reckoning" for Steward's Dr. Ralph de la Torre. -
Some asthma, diabetes and heart medications would be free under proposal from Mass. lawmakers
The Massachusetts House will debate a bill this week that would also impose new oversight on pharmaceutical benefit managers, third parties that set medications’ costs. -
$30 too much a month keeps a cancer patient in Georgia from cheaper care
Georgia hasn’t expanded Medicaid. Some people suffer more than others because of that coverage gap.
