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Belsito criticizes hospital executive pay while nurses faced no raises
Summary
Jamie Zalloway Belsito said a hospital CEO earned $8,400,000 last year while nurses faced a 0% salary increase, using the contrast to argue that financial interests dominate health-care policy; the transcript’s hospital name is unclear and should be verified.
Jamie Zalloway Belsito criticized executive compensation in the health-care sector, saying the CEO of a large hospital system received an $8,400,000 salary last year while frontline nurses were facing a 0% increase. "There's still the ongoing repercussions... where the CEO... walked with an $8,400,000 salary last year," she said in the speech.
Belsito used the example to argue that the health-care system currently favors profit over people, saying the same moneyed interests that fund politicians enable inequities in health-care pay and access. The transcript includes the reported salary figure but the hospital name is unclear in the recorded text; reporters should verify both the salary figure and the employer named in the transcript.
