‘We’re not going to drop that case’: New Attorney General says he will keep fighting HCA in court • Asheville Watchdog

‘We’re not going to drop that case’: New Attorney General says he will keep fighting HCA in court • Asheville Watchdog

North Carolina’s new Attorney General, Jeff Jackson, said Thursday he will continue the legal battle against HCA Healthcare that his predecessor, now-Gov. Josh Stein, started in December 2023. Stein’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of Dogwood Health Trust, alleges HCA failed to maintain then-current levels of emergency services and oncology services as it promised when it bought the nonprofit Mission Health system in 2019 for $1.5 billion.  The lawsui…