Concord, N.H. – In case you missed it, earlier this month, in a victory for patients and transparency, Genesis Healthcare Inc. (Genesis) was ordered by a bankruptcy judge to reopen bidding for its business. This comes after Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) filed a legal brief in the case, raising concerns about Genesis’s potential attempt to exploit the bankruptcy system at the expense of victims, workers, and other businesses, and urging the judge to appoint an independent examiner.
You can read the full brief here.
“I’ve spent my career standing up to powerful corporate interests that put profits ahead of people, and this month, we secured an important victory for accountability,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “Genesis Healthcare is a private-equity-owned company that operates 16 skilled nursing facilities across New Hampshire. Genesis is facing serious allegations of grave abuse by patients, families, and workers across America, including here in New Hampshire. Now, Genesis may be attempting to abuse our bankruptcy system by selling itself back to its own insiders, potentially wiping away millions owed to injured patients, families, and workers in a profit-driven ploy to evade accountability, self-deal, and deny justice to people who have been hurt. Not on my watch. Accountability is essential – not optional.”
Congresswoman Goodlander continued, “I joined forces with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal to file a legal brief in federal court raising the alarm and advocating for accountability. The result? The judge ordered Genesis to reopen the bidding process. That decision is a victory for transparency and the basic principle that no corporation gets to use the bankruptcy courts to evade accountability. This work is far from over.”
On July 9, 2025, Genesis, one of the largest post-acute care providers in the country, filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, affecting nearly 200 skilled nursing facilities and senior living centers across 18 states, with more than 15,000 residents and 27,000 employees. At the time of the filing, Genesis owed patients, patients’ families, and other individuals who won lawsuits against them an estimated $259 million, with some experts estimating further debts to victims could reach $344 million. These lawsuits stem from serious allegations of improper care, abuse, inadequate training, unsafe conditions, and wrongful death.
Despite a record of mismanagement, Genesis tried to sell itself to some of the same individuals who helmed the company preceding its bankruptcy, recently announcing itself as the winner of an auction over a competing bid. The process raised concerns that Genesis was abusing the bankruptcy system to wipe away debts owed to victims and sell the company at a discount to insiders. The federal government’s bankruptcy watchdog announced its opposition to the sale to Genesis insiders. This month the court denied the sale, and ordered Genesis to reopen the bidding process.
On October 8, 2025, Congresswoman Goodlander and Senators Warren, Blumenthal, and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) launched an investigation into Genesis, pushing for information related to Genesis’s private equity-driven bankruptcy and its apparent attempt to use the bankruptcy process to wipe away the company’s debts to victims and businesses by selling the company at a discount to insiders. On November 10, the lawmakers sent a follow-up letter to the Acting Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees to investigate whether Genesis is attempting to exploit the bankruptcy system. The U.S. Trustee’s Office is the federal government’s bankruptcy watchdog and is tasked with preventing fraud, dishonesty, and overreaching in the bankruptcy system on behalf of taxpayers.
Goodlander is a fierce advocate for consumer protections and has dedicated her life to ensuring a fair deal for the people of New Hampshire. Before taking the oath of office to represent the Granite State in Congress, she served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division. She has been focused on ensuring accountability for Genesis HealthCare, which operates 16 skilled nursing facilities in New Hampshire.
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