Save Our States is pressing Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to investigate Mount Sinai Health System, the New York City-based nonprofit hospital system.
In a letter Wednesday, the group said Mount Sinai has filed as a rural hospital, which could open access to funds meant for rural communities. The watchdog said that clashes with a Manhattan-based system operating in the nation’s most populous city.
The group also pointed to 2024 figures showing more than $4.6 billion in revenue, including $571 million from the federal drug-pricing program and nearly $107 million in government grants. Its letter said the system’s CEO received more than $5.4 million in total compensation, while the former CEO received nearly $7.2 million the previous year.
'These staggering funding and compensation figures, paired with its dubious 'rural' designation, demand rigorous scrutiny from the Senate,' Trent England wrote in the letter shared with The Daily Signal.
The group launched a six-figure TV ad buy and a targeted digital campaign in New York City. The ad says Mount Sinai’s credit rating dropped because of a 'lack of cash on hand' and highlights nearly 15,000 front-line workers in the city’s largest nurses’ strike earlier this year.
Mount Sinai had said in January that the New York State Nurses Association moved ahead with the strike while refusing to change what the hospital called 'extreme economic demands.' The hospital said it had 1,400 qualified and specialized nurses ready to provide safe patient care.
Why it matters: This is about taxpayer subsidies, federal programs, and whether a nonprofit system in Manhattan should qualify for benefits aimed at rural America. If the filings and funding are accurate, the public has a right to ask whether the system is serving patients or padding overhead.
The bottom line: When government-created advantages flow to large institutions in wealthy markets, the burden lands on taxpayers and the idea of charitable status gets harder to defend.