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The Center Square: Taxpayer dollars help nonprofit hospitals pad executive salaries, pay for lawsuits
Staff • Jun 29, 2026

The Center Square recently covered our Nonprofit Hospital Accountability Report, where we highlight some of the waste and abuse taking place in prominent nonprofit hospital systems across the country.

Save Our States uncovered some of this in its Nonprofit Hospital Accountability Report, where it looked at 14 major U.S. hospital systems.

The group found that New York Presbyterian, for example, in the midst of a $750 million sexual abuse settlement involving hundreds of sexual abuse claims by female patients, more than doubled its CEO’s salary from $8.9 million to $23 million.

“Taxpayers and policymakers need to know where the money goes, especially when dollars meant for healthcare wind up paying for overseas investments, elite club memberships, art collections, or sexual harassment lawsuit settlements,” Save Our States wrote in the report. “This report provides actionable information for lawmakers engaged in oversight, but it is relevant to any American who cares about fiscal responsibility, public accountability, and our health.”

Read the full article at The Center Square.