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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

An empty driveway leads to the closed Carney Hospital, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

An empty driveway leads to the closed Carney Hospital, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A senior shuttle bus going to a nearby retirement home rolls past a "Save Nashoba Hospital" sign displayed outside the former Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed on Aug. 31, 2024 and was part of the bankrupt Steward Health Care company, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ayer, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A senior shuttle bus going to a nearby retirement home rolls past a "Save Nashoba Hospital" sign displayed outside the former Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed on Aug. 31, 2024 and was part of the bankrupt Steward Health Care company, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ayer, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

A passer-by walks past an entrance to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A passer-by walks past an entrance to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A worker from a nearby retirement home walks on her lunch break past the emergency room ramp at the former Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed on Aug. 31, 2024 and was part of the bankrupt Steward Health Care company, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ayer, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A worker from a nearby retirement home walks on her lunch break past the emergency room ramp at the former Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed on Aug. 31, 2024 and was part of the bankrupt Steward Health Care company, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ayer, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A closed sign is posted on a glass door at a entrance to a building on grounds of the closed Carney Hospital, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A closed sign is posted on a glass door at a entrance to a building on grounds of the closed Carney Hospital, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A "Save Our Hospital" sign is displayed outside the former Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed on Aug. 31, 2024 and was part of the bankrupt Steward Health Care company, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ayer, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A "Save Our Hospital" sign is displayed outside the former Nashoba Valley Medical Center, which closed on Aug. 31, 2024 and was part of the bankrupt Steward Health Care company, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ayer, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks with Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., right, after a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks with Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., right, after a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)