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.
Do you know him, personally? We do. He is a brilliant businessman.
(Well-said post !)
Thank You!
I have gone pretty deep into this deal and have learned much of the same.
After “Hillary Care” was defeated, the Clintons came after many private Hospitals that opposed her for revenge, and by no means not just HCA.
Bil McCollum actually gave a speech on the floor denouncing the attacks, and effectively defending HCA. (Now of coarse he nuances this as not the case)
Its frustrating to see the number of Freepers who keep posting “Do your reaserch”, who apparently wouldn’t know research if it landed in their lap.
It is little different than the people who say Rush, Beck, Fox, etc. are racist liars but when pressed for specifics, have absolutely nothing but “I read or heard he said...”
Again,
I am not necessarily a Scott Supporter. I am just looking for the truth of the matter.
And there has been absolutely nothing but conjecture at this point posted on this thread to support the contention that Rick Scott is a crook.