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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement after Steward Health Care announced its plan to close two Massachusetts hospitals, including Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer:

“Steward executives should be ashamed of what they’ve done to patients and providers here in Massachusetts and across our country. Their predatory private equity business model focused on extracting every last penny of profits while ignoring their obligations to their hardworking staff and the families they serve. Now, patients in Ayer and across the Nashoba Valley are being forced to pay the price for Steward’s gross negligence. Ralph de la Torre and his coconspirators must be held accountable for causing this crisis, and I will be requesting that federal enforcers, including the Department of Justice, immediately investigate Steward’s actions.”

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