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Pennsylvania lawmakers move to regulate private equity deals in health care, but a bill faces hurdles in the Senate

(Jun 17, 2025)

House lawmakers from Delaware County are leading efforts to regulate private equity transactions after the closure of Crozer Health last month. Read more

 

Pa. House passes bill to regulate for-profit hospital sales, curb statewide closures

(Jun 13, 2025)

“Bad actors are targeting our healthcare system … for personal gain,” said Rep. Lisa Borowski, D-Delaware County, the bill’s primary sponsor. “Crozer Health is gone — with a healthcare desert in its place — because we didn’t have a law like this on the books.” Read more

 

Bill limiting private equity purchases of health care systems passes Pa. House

(Jun 11, 2025)

Sponsored by Borowski, HB 1460, along with its Senate companion, SB 322, would allow the state attorney general expanded authority to review mergers, acquisitions and other major financial transactions involving health systems. It would also prohibit sale-leaseback agreements by private equity firms. Read more

 

Pennsylvania House passes bill to expand AG oversight of health system transactions

(Jun 11, 2025)

Governor Josh Shapiro celebrated the bill and said he would sign it if it made it to his desk. Read more

 

PRESS CONFERENCE: Protecting PA Health Services from Corporate Greed

(Jun 10, 2025)

The Pennsylvania House passed legislation today that aims to preserve the public’s access to healthcare by protecting the commonwealth’s healthcare services and facilities from unchecked corporate ownership in the healthcare industry, voting to approve H.B. 1460 sponsored by Rep. Lisa Borowski, D-Delaware. Read more

 

Borowski bill again earns bipartisan support in effort to protect PA health services & facilities from corporate greed

(Jun 10, 2025)

“If we can’t come together as a legislature to get this protection in place for the people we represent, the message will be clear to Pennsylvanians: ‘Your government does not value your basic needs,’” Borowski said. “This is a measure that provides a commonsense, straightforward solution to an issue with undeniable impact. Crozer Health is gone, with a healthcare desert in its place, because we didn’t have a law like this on the books.” Read more

 

Progress on protecting hospitals, transit, & schools

(Jun 06, 2025)

E-newsletter for June 6, 2025 Read more

 

WATCH: We can't let another Crozer crisis happen!

(Jun 04, 2025)

They decided endangering the health of children and adults was a good way generate personal wealth. We can’t let this happen again! My legislation would help protect nurses, neighbors and our communities from these private equity firms and the people getting rich off their bad behavior. Read more

 

Bill to regulate private equity hospital purchases gains momentum in Pa. House

(Jun 03, 2025)

“A private equity firm from California came into our commonwealth and decided that endangering the lives of nearly a half million children and adults in our county was a good way to generate personal wealth for a handful of executives and shareholders,” Borowski said ahead of Tuesday’s vote of the House Health Committee. Read more

 

Tell us your SEPTA story and/or sign our petition!

(May 27, 2025)

Help us show Senate leadership that Pennsylvanians demand full funding for SEPTA! Read more

 

Pushing our healthcare & transit goals

(May 23, 2025)

E-newsletter for May 23, 2025 Read more

 

End of emergency housing voucher program will increase homelessness in Pennsylvania

(May 23, 2025)

Delaware County Representative Lisa Borowski knows housing is a big problem for victims of violence and for years she’s wanted to do more. In the last biennium, Borowski proposed two bills, HB1441 and HB544. Read more

 

Pressure from powerful hospital lobby prompts lawmakers to limit proposed merger crackdown

(May 21, 2025)

For years, state lawmakers have pushed various iterations of a bill to give Pennsylvania’s attorney general more power to review and intervene when hospitals are sold or merged. These deals can have huge ramifications for communities, creating health care deserts in some cases and powerful monopolies in others. Read more

 

‘Right to Dry’ bill passes House, protects clotheslines from overbearing HOAs

(May 20, 2025)

Local state Rep. Lisa Borowski (D-Newtown Square) wrote the bill, which is aimed at residents of condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities where homeowners’ associations, also known as HOAs, have banned the traditional practice. Read more

 

Governor Shapiro pushes for protections against private equity in health care

(May 19, 2025)

Governor Josh Shapiro is urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass the newly introduced Health System Protection Act, aimed at curbing predatory private equity practices in the state’s health care system. The bill, championed by Senator Tim Kearney and Representative Lisa Borowski, follows the devastating closure of Crozer Health by Prospect Medical Holdings, which left over 3,000 workers without jobs and Delaware County residents without critical care services. Read more

 

Legislators call for action to stop the next Crozer

(May 16, 2025)

On Wednesday, Sen. Tim Kearney, D-Media, and Rep. Lisa Borowski, D-Newtown Square, announced companion bills in the Senate and House that would equip the attorney general’s office to better protect the interests of patients in its oversight of hospital system mergers and acquisitions. Read more

 

PA Gov. Josh Shapiro comes to Delco backing healthcare oversight legislation

(May 16, 2025)

State Rep. Lisa Borowski and State Sen. Kearney are members of the Delaware County Legislative Delegation. They are backing both private equity bills, House Bill 1460 and Senate Bill 322. Read more

 

Governor Shapiro announces plan to protect Pennsylvanians’ health care from private equity, deliver new support for Southeastern PA in the wake of the Crozer closure

(May 15, 2025)

Gov. Shapiro is calling on the General Assembly to pass the Health System Protection Act, introduced by Sen. Tim Kearney and Rep. Lisa Borowski. The Act is designed to protect our health care system — including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities — from private equity bad actors who have pillaged our health care system and caused the shuttering of systems across the Commonwealth, and had negative impacts on care and services at others that remained open. Read more

 

Gov. Shapiro backs bill to curb private equity control of hospitals after Crozer closures

(May 15, 2025)

Shapiro spoke in support of the Health System Protection Act introduced Wednesday by Delaware County state legislators Sen. Tim Kearney and Rep. Lisa Borowski. Read more

 

Sen. Tim Kearney & Rep. Lisa Borowski introduce legislation to safeguard PA’s healthcare systems

(May 14, 2025)

“This is one of those pivotal moments for us as lawmakers elected by the people to represent their interests. How we choose to respond to the crisis private equity firms are inflicting on our healthcare system will speak volumes to Pennsylvanians about our courage to do what’s right,” Rep. Borowski said. Read more

 

Pennsylvania lawmakers move to regulate private equity deals in health care, but a bill faces hurdles in the Senate
Jun 17, 2025

Pa. House passes bill to regulate for-profit hospital sales, curb statewide closures
Jun 13, 2025

Bill limiting private equity purchases of health care systems passes Pa. House
Jun 11, 2025

Pennsylvania House passes bill to expand AG oversight of health system transactions
Jun 11, 2025

PRESS CONFERENCE: Protecting PA Health Services from Corporate Greed
Jun 10, 2025

Borowski bill again earns bipartisan support in effort to protect PA health services & facilities from corporate greed
Jun 10, 2025

Progress on protecting hospitals, transit, & schools
Jun 06, 2025

WATCH: We can't let another Crozer crisis happen!
Jun 04, 2025

Bill to regulate private equity hospital purchases gains momentum in Pa. House
Jun 03, 2025

Tell us your SEPTA story and/or sign our petition!
May 27, 2025

Pushing our healthcare & transit goals
May 23, 2025

End of emergency housing voucher program will increase homelessness in Pennsylvania
May 23, 2025

Pressure from powerful hospital lobby prompts lawmakers to limit proposed merger crackdown
May 21, 2025

‘Right to Dry’ bill passes House, protects clotheslines from overbearing HOAs
May 20, 2025

Governor Shapiro pushes for protections against private equity in health care
May 19, 2025

Legislators call for action to stop the next Crozer
May 16, 2025

PA Gov. Josh Shapiro comes to Delco backing healthcare oversight legislation
May 16, 2025

Governor Shapiro announces plan to protect Pennsylvanians’ health care from private equity, deliver new support for Southeastern PA in the wake of the Crozer closure
May 15, 2025

Gov. Shapiro backs bill to curb private equity control of hospitals after Crozer closures
May 15, 2025

Sen. Tim Kearney & Rep. Lisa Borowski introduce legislation to safeguard PA’s healthcare systems
May 14, 2025