He gave a deposition just before entering the race, and it's for the same kinda crap that he did before, but managed to stay outa jail for.
The deposition was in a settlement concerning Solantic and one of the Drs which is sealed and is standard corporate practice. Also the current CEO of Solantic is Karen Bowling not Rick Scott though he does play a role in the operation of the company. There is also no investigation of Medicare fraud only allegations and what it involves is a rule where Medicare pays a different rate if a Dr is on the premises or not while a physicians assistant is attending to patients something which Solantic has denied. I find the allegation doubtful that Solantic had Clinics running without Drs. on the premises. They may have not always gotten the books perfect but I don’t know of any walk in Clinic that doesn’t have an attending physician available.
Either way this is typical smokescreen politics. Scott can’t legally release his deposition without violating the terms of the court settlement and he would be stupid if he did unless he wished to invite another lawsuit.
Also even with HCA every individual involved was eventually cleared on appeal and Scott was long gone before the settlement was reached. HCA is not the only hospital that was targeted, nearly every major hospital chain including those like St Judes have been found negligent upon investigation. Medicare regulations are so arbitrary and in some cases contradictory not to mention the hassle for what is paid is almost not worth the mess.
No, Scott isn’t a crook but unfortunately there is enough smoke being puffed about by those who smell blood and power that it is easy to forget the facts at hand. If anything he is too trusting and I hope he has learned his lesson in that regard because in the govt the only thing you can trust is that you will always have someone looking to stick a knife in your back.
This all started when Scott crossed horns with the Clinton’s. It wasn’t long after that HCA and many other large hospitals found themselves targets o investigation.
Context is everything.
Friends....those who support Scott are in denial of his of connection to medicare corruption. They are as foolish and niave as the morons who voted for Obama....
As for this bogus poll...here’s one to counter it....From the Chamber of Commerce:
Bill McCollum has a 12 point advantage over Rick Scott on the Republican primary ballot for Governor (45% to 33%). Another 20% of voters are undecided.
MIAMI HERALD NAKED POLITICS BLOG: Chamber Poll: Bill McCollum by 12 (?!)
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/08/chamber-poll-bill-mccollum-by-12-.html
So the Herald/Times has a poll showing Rick Scott’s up by 10 percentage points over Bill McCollum.
Comes now the Chamber of Commerce, which shows quite the opposite: McCollum by 12. Sure, the pollster works for McCollum and the chamber has endorsed McCollum. But numbers are numbers. Methodologies vary (like vs. registered). And there’s something in the water.
From the analysis:
Bill McCollum has regained the lead in Florida’s Republican primary race for Governor. In McLaughlin and Associates’ most recent poll, Bill McCollum has a 12 point advantage over Rick Scott on the Republican primary ballot for Governor (45% to 33%). Another 20% of voters are undecided. Bill McCollum leads among important demographic groups such as moderates (48%/27%), conservatives (43%/36%), white voters (45%/33%), Hispanic voters (52%/21%), men (45%/33%), women (45%/32%), voters under age 55 (43%/32%) and voters over age 55 (46%/33%).