CEO of bankrupt health care company tries to dodge congressional subpoena

The CEO of Steward Health Care told senators Wednesday that despite a subpoena he would not appear before a bipartisan Senate committee next week to answer questions about the financial dealings of his bankrupt hospital chain. In a bipartisan vote in July, a Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions authorized the subpoena mandating de la Torre to be present on Sept. 12 for testimony in Washington, D.C. Through an attorney, de la Torre requested that the hearing be rescheduled until after Steward's bankruptcy proceedings are completed. In a...