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Dennis Donovan

(26,496 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 10:42 AM Nov 12

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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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


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The Telegraph: Businessman behind one of the biggest medical frauds in history tipped to run Senate (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Nov 12 OP
Skeletor! machoneman Nov 12 #1
He is just a weird looking mofo. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of him looking like a normal human being. -nt CrispyQ Nov 12 #2
The Trump crime syndicate administration. Irish_Dem Nov 12 #3
In that pic he looks like Mr. Burns on meth. Dave Bowman Nov 12 #4
Surprised to see the Telegraph, right-wing, and "pro-business" and "anti-regulation", on the whole, pointing this out muriel_volestrangler Nov 12 #5

CrispyQ

(38,391 posts)
2. He is just a weird looking mofo. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of him looking like a normal human being. -nt
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 10:43 AM
Nov 12

Irish_Dem

(58,572 posts)
3. The Trump crime syndicate administration.
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 10:45 AM
Nov 12

Hard to decide which of them is the most qualified to be part of the greatest heist
in US history.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,579 posts)
5. Surprised to see the Telegraph, right-wing, and "pro-business" and "anti-regulation", on the whole, pointing this out
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 11:21 AM
Nov 12

The paper's ownership is up for grabs at the moment - the previous owners, the Barclay family, having collapsed in a series of bad business decisions, personal spending, and messy divorces that saw some of them bugging their own relations to get insider info on their tactics. Maybe that has meant that while there's no rich-man hand on the tiller, some journalists have decided to be a little more forthright than usual?

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