Florida has just put in the crook who Trump tapped to give you Healthcare. Be afraid...I told you years ago that Scott would go national with healthcare. Scott seems to backing away somewhat but mainly just delaying and according to the Tampa Bay Times said, The Republicans would not have a healthcare plan until after the 2020 elections.
Man oh Man, if that doesn’t inspire you to GOTV….nothing will.
Scott resigned in 1997 as CEO of Columbia/HCA, one of the country’s largest hospital networks, amid a federal investigation. Later, the company he helped found was fined $1.7 billion by the Department of Justice for defrauding Medicare and other government health care programs. At the time, it was the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history. While the investigation’s findings covered Scott’s time at the company, he was never charged with any wrongdoing.
Floridians are well-versed in the case. It came up often during Scott’s two bids for governor and in last year’s U.S. Senate race. After Trump’s comments last week, a controversy once contained to Florida spread from coast to coast.
Now, this is getting some real attention but we know the better the crook, the more the executive Orange face likes them.
“Rick Scott’s Company Committed Historic Medicare Fraud. He Will Now Lead Trump’s Health-Care Push," flashed a New York Magazine headline.
“Trump putting Rick Scott in charge of his healthcare push is a sick joke,” read another headline on a scathing column from Los Angeles Times writer Michael Hiltzik.
During Scott’s eight years as Florida’s governor, ending this year, Florida remained one of the sickest states in the union. Its uninsured rate among adults age 18-64 rose to 20.1% in 2017. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that was the third-worst rate in the U.S.
Welcome to Florida, America.