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Hannah Levintova

@h-lev.bsky.social
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Special Projects Editor & reporter at Mother Jones focused on business investigations. Spreadsheets are my love language. hlevintova@motherjones.com, DM for Signal.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pay-to-play schemes were a way for private equity firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back, reports @h-lev.bsky.social:
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The SEC wants to scrap a key anti-corruption rule targeting private equity
Pay-to-play schemes were a way for firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So proud of my amazing @revealnews.org colleagues for winning *3* Edward R. Murrow Awards, and especially @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social for their deep-diving work on "The Landlord Gutting American Hospitals" revealnews.org/podcast/medi...
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The real estate company gutting America’s hospitals—and making bank
A real estate company buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone bankrupt.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
*Do not miss* this infuriating new investigation by @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social, who have relentlessly reported how profit-driven health care is making a select few rich—while putting patients at extreme risk
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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1/ Last summer, @acleek.bsky.social and I started getting emails from staffers of a company called American Healthcare Systems. They told us that their hospitals were in financial chaos and that they were struggling to care for patients. So we started digging: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When my brilliant colleague @julialurie.bsky.social took out her IUD, she felt happier than she had in years. In true Julia fashion, this sparked an investigation: about birth control, mental health, and the work by scientists who are scrutinizing birth control to improve it: bit.ly/3SPQsMf
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Did birth control make my depression worse?
What I wish I'd known about my IUD.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
bill pulte? the anti-poverty crusader? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?
It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Given the news that Trump has just appointed Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, it feels timely to revisit the three different episodes of financial impropriety by Pulte that I’ve reported on in the just last six months! Let’s recap:/1
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@whatsitlike.me reports on a new tactic favored by venture capital and private equity to shrink debt and walk away from risky investments virtually scot-free: Chapter 7 bankruptcy, using the example of the popular convenience chain, Foxtrot. /1 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Venture Capital Benefits From Zombie Bankruptcies
Inside the rise and fall of Foxtrot, a popular convenience chain that liquidated—and then reopened a near carbon copy of itself.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I know there is a lot happening <gestures wildly at all this> but we should all be worried that America's main Wall Street watchdog quietly announced last week that it is prosecuting way fewer financial crimes: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's SEC is going after fewer Wall Street crimes
The agency released long-delayed data that confirmed a steep drop in enforcement.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
@dfriedman.bsky.social and I recently published a story about a mysterious donation by Bill Pulte's charity that might have been funneling money to help Donald Trump. Today @warren.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov are demanding answers from Pulte himself: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Senators demand Bill Pulte explain allegations from Mother Jones story
Our reporting uncovered a strange donation made by Pulte's charity.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My @motherjones.com investigation with Fault Lines into deadly births at Steward's for-profit hospitals just got nominated for an Emmy?! I'm still in awe that @atwaheed.bsky.social @lailaalarian.bsky.social took a chance on turning this into film. Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkE...
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Nothing to see here!
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why did Bill Pulte's charity give $65,000 to a supposed nonprofit, "One World Love LLC," that doesn't seem to exist? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?
It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
From me and @dfriedman.bsky.social: Why did Bill Pulte’s charity give $65K to a nonprofit that doesn’t seem to exist? The recipient may actually be an LLC with ties to Trump’s lawyers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?
It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
SCOOP from @h-lev.bsky.social + @dfriedman.bsky.social: In 2023, Bill Pulte's charity donated $65K to a nonprofit called One World Love LLC. But records show One World Love is tied to a law firm that represented Trump in his efforts to prove election fraud and avoid paying damages after January 6.
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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?
It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Tresasury Sec Scott Bessent just told the House Financial Services Committee that there will be a Super Bowl ad this weekend for the new Trump accounts for babies. Who is paying for that pricey commercial?
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A secret family office is quite something. Wow.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Wow, this story. It is so telling of the news landscape we live in that a not-so-mini bank bailout seems to be happening as we speak and...almost no one has noticed.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I am so thrilled and grateful to get this funding from the McGraw business journalism fellowship @newmarkjplus.bsky.social to keep reporting on for-profit healthcare with @acleek.bsky.social ! www.journalism.cuny.edu/2026/01/inve...
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Eight Journalists Win Investigative Reporting Grants from Newmark J-School - Newmark J-School
Eight veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I talked to @jasonfurman.bsky.social about the Trump admin's decision to launch a first-in-history criminal inquiry into Fed chair Jay Powell—and what happened in other countries when leaders compromised central bank independence. (Tl;dr it wasn't good!) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Why you should care about Trump’s war on the Fed
"Jay Powell is not corrupt. The people prosecuting him are."
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 06/01/2026
The administration is freezing $10B in child care and anti-poverty funding in five states—putting care for hundreds of thousands of working-class families at risk. Cuts or delays this large will strain providers, disrupt quality care for children, and could force working parents out of their jobs.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
YES. Thayer Street businesses need our $ right now and East Side Pockets is the absolute GOAT. My go-to order is a gyro-falafel combo wrap! Also low-key the best waffle fries in Providence.
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Antonia Noori Farzan @antoniafarzan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Providence people - I’m working on a story about how residents first learned about the Brown shooting. Word of mouth, social media, official alerts? Feel free to DM me if you’re willing to share your experience (would need to use your full name)
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Antonia Noori Farzan @antoniafarzan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
may be biased because she's a friend, but this piece by @h-lev.bsky.social is the best piece I've read summing up the mood in Providence right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The longer that the Brown shooter goes un-caught, the more room there will be for the spread of conspiracy theories, misinformation, AI junk, and all manner of racist/xenophobic speculation. This worries me. And we're already seeing it.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A lovely, sad, and haunting piece about Providence and Brown University—before and after the shooting—from @h-lev.bsky.social.
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Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
As a Brown alum and Providence resident, I have been trying to find the right words to capture the vast grief layered across this community and the people who love it. In the end, I’m not sure if it’s really, fully possible to articulate. But I tried: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Why does it matter that Pulte promoted $ZACK to his 3 million followers on X? As one expert told @h-lev.bsky.social, "The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched.”
Poppy Alexander, an attorney who specializes in matters that involve cutting-edge financial frauds, including those involving cryptocurrency, said that niche memecoins are almost always pump-and-dump schemes: “The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched.” A report from crypto-tracking company Solidus Labs published this year echoes this assessment: It found that 98.6 percent of the memecoins launched on the exchange where $ZACK was started were pump-and-dump schemes.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: Inside the curious case of FHFA head Bill Pulte and the memecoin $ZACK www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Bill Pulte promoted a memecoin run by an influencer facing fraud charges
“Getting involved in that space,” said one expert, “is not the best sign of sound financial judgment.”
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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a young man in a pink shirt is smiling in a classroom with other students .
Alt: Zack from Saved By the Bell
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
New from me: The mysterious tale of Bill Pulte and a memecoin named after Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Bill Pulte promoted a memecoin run by an influencer facing fraud charges
“Getting involved in that space,” said one expert, “is not the best sign of sound financial judgment.”
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
With news that there is no suspect in custody for the Brown shooting, Providence isn't just a grieving city. It's an *anxious and scared* grieving city. A dreadful time. And all of this is magnified for folks at/affiliated with Brown U.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Proud of the BDH journalists serving the mission under tough and tragic circumstances.
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Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The new Real Housewives of Rhode Island trailer is at the perfect nexus of unhinged and deeply Rhode Island specific. 10/10 no notes! www.instagram.com/reel/DRIKraR...
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Bravo on Instagram: "🚨BREAKING FROM #BRAVOCON 🚨 In a state this small, there are no secrets. Here’s a first look at the Real Housewives of Rhode Island… coming 2026! #RHORI"
Get an exclusive look at the upcoming reality TV show, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, where tight-knit communities and small-town secrets are exposed. Residents of the tiny state reveal their au...
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Congrats to Bill Pulte for being named this week's Washington Main Character (Non-Epstein Division)
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Bill Pulte is really having a week
The revelations against the Trump loyalist keep piling up.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
My latest: The flood of revelations this week against FHFA Director Bill Pulte will make your head spin! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Bill Pulte is really having a week
The revelations against the Trump loyalist keep piling up.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I grew up in Allston as part of a family of immigrants. BU students are temporary guests in a corner of Boston that has long been a hub for immigrants from around the world. To do this (and to claim allegiance to the neighborhood along the way) is abhorrent.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Not only is the GCB the perfect dive bar, but it is also a nonprofit, plus the owners will let you throw a rager of a wedding reception (I would know!). Glad it is getting its time to shine: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...
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The best bar in Providence that you’ve never heard of (and probably can’t find) - The Boston Globe
With a long list of liquors, mocktails, and beers on tap, The Graduate Center Bar, which operates as a private club, is a place where friendships are crafted among the cocktails.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust. Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Looks like Pulte filed his backdated Form 3 yesterday, the day we published my story. Better 7 months late than never! fanniemae.gcs-web.com/static-files...
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
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The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own
As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Some of the wishes on this list include getting rid of state regulation of children's online safety (to decrease costs, ofc), ending *all* state regulation of banking, and eliminating minimum and fair-wage requirements. Quite the lineup!
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This account is journalism on weekdays, but Rhode Island clambakes on the weekends
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/08/2025
Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump’s political enemies, including economist Lisa Cook. However, critics argue that Pulte's abuse of office is "a far, far greater offense than any personal mortgage occupancy fraud by a federal official."
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The “Mini-Trump” attacking Lisa Cook had paperwork problems of his own
Bill Pulte has weaponized his office to attack Trump's political enemies.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This study, published earlier this month, is quite striking. Especially because studying the impacts of PE ownership on hospitals is quite hard. The industry is opaque; plus, PE firms buy and then sell off the properties so fast that it's hard to track when something is or isn't PE-owned.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
@h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news scraped every malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death case tied to Steward hospitals in nine states. We found 469 cases involving 83 patient deaths. The chain's bankruptcy means many of these patients can't pursue justice: bit.ly/455xC7O
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Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Sungida Rashid died after giving birth at a Massachusetts hospital run by the for-profit chain Steward Health Care. She wasn't alone: @h-lev.bsky.social and @melissa.news uncovered 12 more instances of moms and newborns who died at these hospitals over the last 14 years: bit.ly/455xC7O
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Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It's impossible to read this story about a mom dying after childbirth and not be devastated and furious about everything that @h-lev.bsky.social found in her jaw-dropping investigation about America's biggest for-profit hospital operator www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price.
One of America's biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
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