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The Telegraph: Businessman behind one of the biggest medical frauds in history tipped to run Senate
The Telegraph - Businessman behind one of the biggest medical frauds in history tipped to run Senate
Pro-Trump Rick Scott, whose private hospital chain had to pay out $1.7bn, has emerged as the MAGA choice for majority leader
Tony Diver
US Editor
The man who has emerged as the MAGA favourite to lead the Senate during Donald Trump’s second administration presided over one of the biggest medical frauds in American history.
Like Mr Trump, Rick Scott is both incredibly wealthy and deeply familiar with legal troubles.
In 2003, his company, Columbia/HCA, once the biggest private hospital chain in the US, was forced to pay $1.7 billion after it was found to have defrauded Medicare.
Then the CEO, Mr Scott departed with a $10 million severance package. In a 2010 campaign ad, he said the company had “made mistakes” but that he took responsibility, pledging to “learn from it”.
Now a major political figure in his first term in office, Mr Scott has become one of Mr Trump’s most vigorous cheerleaders in the Senate and compares his legal issues to the four criminal cases against the president-elect.
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Pro-Trump Rick Scott, whose private hospital chain had to pay out $1.7bn, has emerged as the MAGA choice for majority leader
Tony Diver
US Editor
The man who has emerged as the MAGA favourite to lead the Senate during Donald Trump’s second administration presided over one of the biggest medical frauds in American history.
Like Mr Trump, Rick Scott is both incredibly wealthy and deeply familiar with legal troubles.
In 2003, his company, Columbia/HCA, once the biggest private hospital chain in the US, was forced to pay $1.7 billion after it was found to have defrauded Medicare.
Then the CEO, Mr Scott departed with a $10 million severance package. In a 2010 campaign ad, he said the company had “made mistakes” but that he took responsibility, pledging to “learn from it”.
Now a major political figure in his first term in office, Mr Scott has become one of Mr Trump’s most vigorous cheerleaders in the Senate and compares his legal issues to the four criminal cases against the president-elect.
/snip
Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Yesterday I saw a quote from Rick Scott talking about taking what he did as a businessman to the Senate.
Oh? And what exactly did he do as a businessman? Ah, right: defraud the government.
November 12, 2024 at 10:23 AM
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Yesterday I saw a quote from Rick Scott talking about taking what he did as a businessman to the Senate.
Oh? And what exactly did he do as a businessman? Ah, right: defraud the government.
November 12, 2024 at 10:23 AM
https://bsky.app/profile/maxkennerly.bsky.social/post/3lar57inx622s
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