If you pay attention to the news, you've probably heard a lot about Steward Health Care System in the past couple weeks. It recently came to light that the for-profit company, which operates nine hospitals in Massachusetts, is in deep financial distress.

Long story short, it's a situation that could further exasperate health care access issues for the primarily low-income communities the company's hospitals serve, as well as jeopardize the jobs of thousands of hospital employees.

WBUR senior health reporter Priyanka Dayal McCluskey joins The Common to explain what's going on with Steward Health Care System, as well as what its financial struggles could mean for our already strained health care industry in the region.

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