Rick Scott's History of Health Care Fraud

So Rick Scott just hates federal involvement in health care. So much so Florida apparently won't even participate in the now clearly constitutional reform.

 Fine. Most of this stuff won't kick in until 2014, at which time we are due to show Rick Scott the way out of our governor's mansion. But I would like to remind people Rick Scott knows more about taking money from the federal government than he likes us to remember.

Scott ran HCA based by fraudulently taking money from the feds, so much so he earned the company a record fine in a settlement (Indeed, something I think is often forgotten is that this settlement amount was likely much, much less than HCA stole). But that was different, because that was taking government money and putting it in his own pocket, not allowing a program that would ensure that people who don't have insurance today can get medical care.

This whole health care debate has sickened me. Republicans used to be the party that wanted people using a service to pay for the service, not the ones who would defend a system where the only way poor people could see a doctor is by visiting a government-funded emergency room and standing in an eight-hour line. That's why the GOP came up with the individual mandate in the first place.

But the Rick Scott philosophy has always been that if he cant make money off sick people, he would rather they just die. He didn't care if that money came their the poor people's pocket or strapped government coffers so long as it ended up in his hands at the end, even if it was done so through bold-faced fraud.

That sick bastard is our governor now, folks.

As this governor complains now about federal demands, don't forget his private sector experience was built on stealing from the feds. When he talks about how health care is bad for individuals living in Florida, remember that he made his fortune stealing from people. And when he complains about how this hurts business, remember that his idea of good business was centered around fraud.

It's a shame we can't enjoy the full benefits of health care reform before the end of Scott's lone term of service. Having to live with Voldemort as governor is making many of us sicker every day.