Governor Maura Healey defended her record Tuesday on Steward Health Care, saying she "did all that I could do" to address the now-bankrupt hospital chain's collapse, which a recent Globe Spotlight Team investigation found was enabled by years of lax state scrutiny. Healey placed the blame for the hospital chain's subpar care and massive financial losses on former Steward chief executive Ralph de la Torre, who resigned in October and is now a focus of a federal corruption investigation. "What happened with Steward is attributable to one man, Ralph de la Torre, and those around him who enabled and furthered greed and corruption," Healey said in an interview following an unrelated news conference Tuesday. Her comments came as federal and state lawmakers redoubled calls for greater oversight of health care companies in the wake of the Spotlight investigation. The report, which was published Saturday, revealed how years of weak scrutiny across several state administrations contributed to a health crisis that has harmed communities and cost lives. "There's plenty of blame to go around, and it dates back for years and years of lax oversight," Senator Elizabeth Warren said in a brief interview. "We need accountability throughout the system."
