State regulators fell down on the job as Steward imploded - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The Massachusetts Legislature is considering bills to strengthen the Health Policy Commission's authority over for-profit health care companies, and this board has endorsed increasing the power of state regulators.
47% : Are there new laws needed to oversee health care in Massachusetts or, as the article suggests, does there need to be better enforcement of existing laws?Massachusetts has numerous regulatory bodies tasked with overseeing health care -- the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the attorney general, and the Health Policy Commission.
45% : For example, one nurse said she routinely called a Department of Public Health hotline to report dangerous conditions at Good Samaritan Medical Center -- but gave up after there was no response.

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