'Poster Child for...Corporate Greed': Sanders Slams Health Industry CEO's Subpoena Refusal

submitted a week ago by jeffw

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finley a week ago

I miss the days when this could land someone in jail

Deello a week ago

It still does. They are just allowing exceptions now.

FenrirIII 6 days ago

Are they rich and connected enough to dodge subpoenas now?

Soup a week ago

I thought the whole point of a subpeona was that you can’t refuse.

some_guy 6 days ago

It’s what got Steve Bannon locked up.

some_guy 6 days ago

“Working with private equity vultures, he became obscenely wealthy by loading up hospitals across the country with billions in debt and selling the land underneath these hospitals to real estate executives who charge unsustainably high rent,” the senator added. “As a result, Steward Health Care, and the more than 30 hospitals it owns in eight states, were forced to declare bankruptcy with some $9 billion in debt.”

I remember reading about this last month and concluding this dude needs to face some kind of legal consequences.

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