Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
August 23, 2024 | By Deborah Becker
Massachusetts taxpayers may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to help new owners take over hospitals that were operated by Steward Health Care. The national, for-profit company is selling the hospitals in an attempt to restructure through bankruptcy.
According to people with knowledge of the negotiations for five Steward hospitals in Massachusetts, the state may have to spend as much as $700 million over the next three years to stabilize the facilities.
State officials did not respond Friday to requests for comment about the estimate, or the status of negotiations to transfer ownership of the hospitals.
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