Shareholder activists argued HCA and Tenet should proactively clarify their policies so patients understand what services are available to them and providers know whether they will be protected for providing care in states that severely restrict or criminalize abortion.
The proposals asked the health systems to detail training for providers and how hospitals would transfer and refer patients they were unable to care for due to state laws or lack of available personnel.
HCA and Tenet both are heavily concentrated in markets with abortion bans, according to the shareholders.
