Video from Last Thursday’s Forum on Steward & the Health Care Crisis

hank you so much to everyone who joined us last Thursday for our forum “The Steward Crisis and the Future of Health Care in Massachusetts.” Thank you to our wonderful moderator Enid Eckstein, engaging speakers, and event partner Mass-Care.

If you missed the event (or wanted to watch again!), you can find the video here: https://youtu.be/t8rbARiy__A.

During the forum, Bill Walczak mentioned his recent writings on the Steward situation. You can find two of those articles here:

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/steward-case-poses-just-beginning-our-community-s-health-care-woes

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/disowned-our-state-dot-region-s-residents-healthcare-experts-should

Stay tuned for future actions to take and future forums to continue this important discussion.

Jonathan Cohn

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