Readers respond to revelations about state oversight of Steward Health Care

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : In light of the sad story of Steward Health Care, as well as continuing tales of the Massachusetts State Police, the Registry of Motor Vehicles, etc., here is a fun game: Identify three state agencies that have not been accused of incompetence or corruption in the past 10 years.
47% : The state needs to require entities like Steward to disclose income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and other standard accounting measurements, as well as tax information -- all of which should be made public.
35% : " Such failure of state regulators is not confined to the Steward fiasco.
34% : Ellen Vliet Cohen Arlington Failure to regulate goes beyond Steward The Globe Spotlight report on the failure of state regulators to oversee Steward stated that "Massachusetts officials failed to discipline the Boston-born hospital chain for regulatory violations, check its aggressive expansion plans and relentless cost-cutting, or respond forcefully to dire warnings as it spiraled toward financial collapse.

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