The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is on course to launch an investigation of Steward Health Care and its CEO Ralph de la Torre, M.D. On Thursday the committee’s chair and ranking member, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), announced that lawmakers will consider a vote to investigate the bankrupt for-profit health system and subpoena its top executive. “We have a number of questions to ask Dr. de la Torre about the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and the financial arrangements leading up to its insolvency,” the senators said in a joint statement. “It is time for Dr. de la Torre to answer them before Congress and the American people.”
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