Bill McCollum has a plan. Rick Scott has a motto: "let's get to work???" What are we getting to work on?" Rick, do you have a plan, proposal, anything??? Maybe we will go with your skills and talent in the adventures of health care fraud...oh, not again. Yep, Rick says: "let's get to work." God knows you don't have any on the job work experience other than insurance fraud. I understand, I am a doctor. But I don't expect you to understand any of that. You are good at what you do and did...cheat , lie and self- benefit monetarily.
Hey, do you have problems sleeping at night??? Hum? I sleep well knowing that in over 30 years I have cared for patients without cheat, lie or self benefit . I have no issues. I love what I do.Do you love what you do/did? I was never employed by HCA to have done what you did---paid 1.7 billion in insurance fraud. You walked away with 300 million in bonus, and now you want to be elected governor of Florida??? Please, someone tell me this a joke... Please help us understand??? Vote for Rick Scott on a promise of "let's get started?" What are we getting started on??? Don't think so...........................
George M. Suarez, M.D.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
McCollum on Healthcare
Another great measure in the right direction by Bill McCollum for governor. The opponents? Well they have no established agenda, public service record or accountability- other than self serving. They are the super millionaires and billionaires. They are too busy on trying to figure out on how to buy our votes...Question for Rick Scott. Other than"let's get to work" campaign slogan? What do you propose we get to work on, and where do we start? Come on Rick, talk to me. I am a doctor and I know how you work. Bribe me, tease me, sing me a song and a dance, buy my vote- NOT. Insurance fraud cost the average American 40 cents on the dollar in premium. As a physician, more important than insurance fraud is your callous behavior on your part as CEO of HCA toward the sick and needy. You give a new definition to "shame and shame on you."
We know what Rick Scott is capable of doing... without concern or conscious...the greatest insurance fraud in history is far less criminal than what he did in taking advantage of the sick and needy. But please , tell us what is Rick Scott's goal in being elected governor of Florida when he refers to your : "let's get to work" campaign slogan?
George M. Suarez, M.D.
We know what Rick Scott is capable of doing... without concern or conscious...the greatest insurance fraud in history is far less criminal than what he did in taking advantage of the sick and needy. But please , tell us what is Rick Scott's goal in being elected governor of Florida when he refers to your : "let's get to work" campaign slogan?
George M. Suarez, M.D.
DR. SUAREZ WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in Our Country lately: Illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida . . . . Not me -- I concentrate on solutions for the problems -- it's a win-win situation. * Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border. * Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levees. * Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border.
Any other problems you would like for me to solve today? Think about this: 1. Cows 2. The Constitution 3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ...why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians, it creates a hostile work environment.
Also, think about this ... If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
DEAR READER,
AFTER THE COMMENTS ABOVE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR RACE WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY. HERE ARE HIS COMMENTS...
...THE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM LARRY THE CABLE GUY ON FLORIDA'S RACE FOR GOVERNOR,,, "WE NEED LESS GOVERNMENT, AND WITH MORE PRACTICAL SENSE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXPERIENCE. WE NEED LESS CORRUPTION. WE DON'T WANT IT IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. IN FACT, MOVE IT OUT OF FLORIDA ALTOGETHER. WE DON'T NEED SUPER MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AS GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, NOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY. WE KNOW THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEIR CORRUPT PAST AND HOW THEY MADE THEIR MONEY."
"MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND ALL THEM MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES TO NEW ORLEANS TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE LEVEES... THEIR LACK OF MORAL CHARACTER AND SCRUPLES ALSO QUALIFIES THEM TO REPLACE THE IDEA OF ALLIGATORS IN THE MOAT ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER...PERSONALLY, I TRUST THE FLORIDA ALLIGATORS MORE THAN I TRUST RICK SCOTT. MAYBE SCOTT MAY WANT TO SPEND SOME OF HIS CORRUPT DOLLARS PROTECTING THE FLORIDA COAST FROM THE BP OIL SPILL- NOW THAT WOULD BE A GREAT GESTURE OF SHOWING HOW MUCH HE REALLY CARES ABOUT FLORIDA."
"I WOULD HATE TO HAVE RICK SCOTT RUN OUR STATE LIKE HE DID AS CEO OF HCA. (HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA ---WE REFER TO IT AS: HEALTHCARE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA)...FRAUD, LIES AND CHEATING. DID I MENTION THAT HCA IS A HOSPITAL COMPANY, TAKING CARE OF SICK, HELPLESS AND NEEDY PATIENTS. THIS GUY, SCOTT IS LIKE THE GREATEST PREDITOR OF ALL TIMES. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SICK AND COMMIITING HEALTH CARE FRAUD FOR SELF GAIN. WELL IT WAS ALSO THE GREATEST HEALTH FRAUD OF ALL TIME. THIS GUY DOES THINGS BIG. I HERE HE SPENDING TONS OF HIS OWN MONEY IN AN EFFORT TO BUY HIS WAY INTO THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION."
REGARDS, AND GOD'S SPEED TO ALL FLORIDIANS,
LARRY, THE CABLE GUY.
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RESPONSE TO LARRY...
THANKS LARRY,
BUT IT'S ALL PUBLIC RECORD. THE FRAUD COST 1.7 BILLION IN FINES TO HCA. SCOTT GOT 300 MILLION DOLLARS BONUS. BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT IT COST IN COMPROMISE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, HUMAN LIFE'S AND SUFFERING? THIS IS THE GUY THAT ADVERTISES ON T.V.: "NOW LET'S GET TO WORK." I AM WONDERING WHAT HE REALLY MEANS BY THAT? MORE LIES, FRAUD AND CHEATING? SCARRY? YOU BET." THE COMMENT ABOUT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT RICK SCOTT..."THOU SHALL NOT STEAL, AND THOU SHALL NOT LIE." HE DID AND HE WILL. I AGREE WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY, MY COLLEAGUES AND I ALSO REFER TO HCA AS; "HEALTHCARE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA." THEIR FORMER CEO IS RICK SCOTT. IS THAT THE GUY WE WANT TO BE FLORIDA'S NEXT GOVERNOR?
JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT FLORIDA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES SCOTT AND GREEN HAD NO VALUE, LARRY THE CABLE GUY FIGURED OUT WHERE THEY COULD SERVE BEST WITH THEIR BACKGROUND AND TALENT... ALLIGATORS AND FILLING LEVEES.
THANKS LARRY FOR COMING THROUGH FOR US FLORIDIANS AGAIN. AND YOU ARE RIGHT , BILL MCCOLLUM IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISES WITH MCCOLLUM.
REGARDS,
GEORGE M. SUAREZ, M.D.
PS: THE FACT THAT THE FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED BILL MCCOLLUM FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF ON HOW DOCTORS FEEL ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
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Any other problems you would like for me to solve today? Think about this: 1. Cows 2. The Constitution 3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ...why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians, it creates a hostile work environment.
Also, think about this ... If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
DEAR READER,
AFTER THE COMMENTS ABOVE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR RACE WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY. HERE ARE HIS COMMENTS...
...THE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM LARRY THE CABLE GUY ON FLORIDA'S RACE FOR GOVERNOR,,, "WE NEED LESS GOVERNMENT, AND WITH MORE PRACTICAL SENSE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXPERIENCE. WE NEED LESS CORRUPTION. WE DON'T WANT IT IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. IN FACT, MOVE IT OUT OF FLORIDA ALTOGETHER. WE DON'T NEED SUPER MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AS GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, NOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY. WE KNOW THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEIR CORRUPT PAST AND HOW THEY MADE THEIR MONEY."
"MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND ALL THEM MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES TO NEW ORLEANS TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE LEVEES... THEIR LACK OF MORAL CHARACTER AND SCRUPLES ALSO QUALIFIES THEM TO REPLACE THE IDEA OF ALLIGATORS IN THE MOAT ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER...PERSONALLY, I TRUST THE FLORIDA ALLIGATORS MORE THAN I TRUST RICK SCOTT. MAYBE SCOTT MAY WANT TO SPEND SOME OF HIS CORRUPT DOLLARS PROTECTING THE FLORIDA COAST FROM THE BP OIL SPILL- NOW THAT WOULD BE A GREAT GESTURE OF SHOWING HOW MUCH HE REALLY CARES ABOUT FLORIDA."
"I WOULD HATE TO HAVE RICK SCOTT RUN OUR STATE LIKE HE DID AS CEO OF HCA. (HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA ---WE REFER TO IT AS: HEALTHCARE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA)...FRAUD, LIES AND CHEATING. DID I MENTION THAT HCA IS A HOSPITAL COMPANY, TAKING CARE OF SICK, HELPLESS AND NEEDY PATIENTS. THIS GUY, SCOTT IS LIKE THE GREATEST PREDITOR OF ALL TIMES. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SICK AND COMMIITING HEALTH CARE FRAUD FOR SELF GAIN. WELL IT WAS ALSO THE GREATEST HEALTH FRAUD OF ALL TIME. THIS GUY DOES THINGS BIG. I HERE HE SPENDING TONS OF HIS OWN MONEY IN AN EFFORT TO BUY HIS WAY INTO THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION."
REGARDS, AND GOD'S SPEED TO ALL FLORIDIANS,
LARRY, THE CABLE GUY.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
RESPONSE TO LARRY...
THANKS LARRY,
BUT IT'S ALL PUBLIC RECORD. THE FRAUD COST 1.7 BILLION IN FINES TO HCA. SCOTT GOT 300 MILLION DOLLARS BONUS. BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT IT COST IN COMPROMISE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, HUMAN LIFE'S AND SUFFERING? THIS IS THE GUY THAT ADVERTISES ON T.V.: "NOW LET'S GET TO WORK." I AM WONDERING WHAT HE REALLY MEANS BY THAT? MORE LIES, FRAUD AND CHEATING? SCARRY? YOU BET." THE COMMENT ABOUT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT RICK SCOTT..."THOU SHALL NOT STEAL, AND THOU SHALL NOT LIE." HE DID AND HE WILL. I AGREE WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY, MY COLLEAGUES AND I ALSO REFER TO HCA AS; "HEALTHCARE CORRUPTION OF AMERICA." THEIR FORMER CEO IS RICK SCOTT. IS THAT THE GUY WE WANT TO BE FLORIDA'S NEXT GOVERNOR?
JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT FLORIDA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES SCOTT AND GREEN HAD NO VALUE, LARRY THE CABLE GUY FIGURED OUT WHERE THEY COULD SERVE BEST WITH THEIR BACKGROUND AND TALENT... ALLIGATORS AND FILLING LEVEES.
THANKS LARRY FOR COMING THROUGH FOR US FLORIDIANS AGAIN. AND YOU ARE RIGHT , BILL MCCOLLUM IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISES WITH MCCOLLUM.
REGARDS,
GEORGE M. SUAREZ, M.D.
PS: THE FACT THAT THE FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED BILL MCCOLLUM FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF ON HOW DOCTORS FEEL ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
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POSTED MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010
Dear Matt
Today at The Scripps Research Institute in Palm Beach County, Bill McCollum released his Education Plan, comprised of reform-minded solutions to ensure our children receive a 21st century education. Dramatically improving our education system will ensure Florida’s children can compete with their peers across the country and lessen future generations’ dependence on costly government services. Bill will implement merit pay to reward good teachers, phase out tenure and give parents more choices – measures that will create world-class schools for the Sunshine State.
Recently, Bill released his Economic Plan that is designed to spur economic growth while curbing government waste. These conservative policy initiatives, along with Bill’s Transportation Plan and upcoming Health and Energy plans, can only be enacted with your help!
Our fundraising quarter ends TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT, July 16th! Bill needs your help to enact these plans and bring prosperity back to Florida.
PLEASE support our campaign with a contribution of $10, $25, $100 or other amount as we work to make Florida a better place for our children and grandchildren.
You can visit our website to make your contribution.
Thank you for your efforts. Let’s make this a great quarter!
Carrie O’Rourke
Finance Director
Today at The Scripps Research Institute in Palm Beach County, Bill McCollum released his Education Plan, comprised of reform-minded solutions to ensure our children receive a 21st century education. Dramatically improving our education system will ensure Florida’s children can compete with their peers across the country and lessen future generations’ dependence on costly government services. Bill will implement merit pay to reward good teachers, phase out tenure and give parents more choices – measures that will create world-class schools for the Sunshine State.
Recently, Bill released his Economic Plan that is designed to spur economic growth while curbing government waste. These conservative policy initiatives, along with Bill’s Transportation Plan and upcoming Health and Energy plans, can only be enacted with your help!
Our fundraising quarter ends TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT, July 16th! Bill needs your help to enact these plans and bring prosperity back to Florida.
PLEASE support our campaign with a contribution of $10, $25, $100 or other amount as we work to make Florida a better place for our children and grandchildren.
You can visit our website to make your contribution.
Thank you for your efforts. Let’s make this a great quarter!
Carrie O’Rourke
Finance Director
POST BY DR. GEORGE SUAREZ
Please help support Bill McCollum for governor of Florida. He is the best qualified candidate, and the most honest candidate.
George M. Suarez, M.D.
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 16, 2010
CONTACT: Kristy Campbell
850-241-1885
kristy@billmccollum.com
BILL MCCOLLUM TO CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, July 17, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum will make several campaign stops in South Florida, hitting both the west and east coasts.
The following events will be open to the media.
Saturday, July 17, 2010:
8:00 a.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Addresses the Lee County Republican Executive Committee
Edison State College, Building S
8099 College Parkway
Fort Myers, FL 33919
11:00 a.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Attends the Collier County Republican Executive Committee Headquarters Grand Opening
2500 N. Tamiami Trail
Naples, FL 34103
2:00 p.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Addresses the Palm Beach County 4th Biennial Candidate Jamboree
South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
7:00 p.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Addresses the Naples Council for Constitutional Principles and the Naples Tea Party
VFW Hall
800 Neffs Way
Naples, FL 34119
For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit www.BillMcCollum.com.
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The purchase of a ticket for, or a contribution to, the campaign fundraiser is a contribution
George M. Suarez, M.D.
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 16, 2010
CONTACT: Kristy Campbell
850-241-1885
kristy@billmccollum.com
BILL MCCOLLUM TO CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, July 17, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum will make several campaign stops in South Florida, hitting both the west and east coasts.
The following events will be open to the media.
Saturday, July 17, 2010:
8:00 a.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Addresses the Lee County Republican Executive Committee
Edison State College, Building S
8099 College Parkway
Fort Myers, FL 33919
11:00 a.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Attends the Collier County Republican Executive Committee Headquarters Grand Opening
2500 N. Tamiami Trail
Naples, FL 34103
2:00 p.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Addresses the Palm Beach County 4th Biennial Candidate Jamboree
South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
7:00 p.m. EDT
Bill McCollum Addresses the Naples Council for Constitutional Principles and the Naples Tea Party
VFW Hall
800 Neffs Way
Naples, FL 34119
For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit www.BillMcCollum.com.
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The purchase of a ticket for, or a contribution to, the campaign fundraiser is a contribution
COMMENTS FROM MATT
Dear George,
The stakes in August’s Republican primary could not be higher. Florida faces a multitude of challenges, including a major jobs shortage, a budget crisis, and a need for a strong conservative leader in the Governor’s Mansion.
On one hand, Florida Republicans can elect Bill McCollum – leading our nation’s legal efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care laws, fighting for meaningful litigation reform to ease Florida’s doctor shortage and lower healthcare costs and working to implement an economic plan that will create 500,000 new jobs over six years.
As a Congressman and Attorney General, Florida’s healthcare community has had no better friend than Bill McCollum. His record on cutting government red tape and ending frivolous lawsuits prompted one of Florida’s most prominent trial lawyers to call Bill “the trial lawyers’ worst nightmare.”
On the other hand, Florida Republicans can put their hopes for our future in disgraced former Columbia CEO Rick Scott, who ran the company as it systematically defrauded the government in the largest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. Using the millions he made from defrauding taxpayers, Rick Scott has taken to the airwaves to mislead Floridians about his record.
As the campaign continues, we learn more about Rick Scott’s questionable background as a healthcare CEO. Here are the facts about Rick Scott’s tenure as Columbia CEO:
· While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia the company would purchase inferior equipment to cut cost that could hinder doctors abilities to perform their duties:
o “Surgical gloves were thinner and more likely to break, alcohol sponges were smaller, and the valve on new chest drainage tubes substituted by Columbia did not indicate whether the device was turned on or off” (allnurses.com)
o “’Gloves rip easily,’ complained hospital workers in Florida. In California, some nurses protested “filthy conditions” and being “stretched to the limit as the hospital slashed the ratio of nurses to patients” “I sometimes had to watch 72 patients heart monitors at a time,” one nurse reported. “I was told, either do it, or there’s the door.” In Indianapolis nurses complained to state authorities that babies in the neonatal unit were left unattended for as long as three hours.” (healthbeatblog.com: Who is Richard Scott and why is he saying these things about healthcare reform?)
· Richard Scott and Columbia attempted to bribe doctors:
o In 1997, in El Paso, Texas, a Federal jury found that Columbia, “personally” authorized by Rick Scott, had secretly paid doctor Ambrose Aboud $152,000 for "outstanding expenses" that he had not incurred as part of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the business partner. (Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times: A Health Care Giant's Secret Payments Taint a Texas Deal, March 29, 1997)
o Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in a memorandum that executives from hospitals that Columbia was attempting to buy reported that Columbia offered them “perquisites and promises of jobs” and other inducements as bribes to affect their decisions on whether to sell to Columbia. This includes John Geanes, a former administrator of South Miami Hospital who stated before a grand jury that he was approached by several Columbia officials including Rick Scott.( NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH CARE'S GIANT: Powerhouse Under Scrutiny -- A special report.; Biggest Hospital Operator Attracts Federal Inquiries, March 28, 1997, by Martin Gottlieb, Kurt Eichenwald and Josh Barbanel)
· Rick Scott and Columbia cut doctors that were not bringing in maximum profit, at the expense of patient care
o “The profit pressure that left Lawrence County, which is 71 miles southwest of Nashville, without an obstetrician also helped make Columbia the target of federal investigators. And it began affecting patient care immediately after Columbia's 1994 takeover of Hospital Corp. of America, current and former hospital employees say.”
o “Critics point to one incident in 1994, when Columbia cut back on services at a money-losing hospital in Destin, Fla. A man injured in a boating accident was left pleading from his stretcher for emergency room staff to treat him, as yellow tape blocked entry to the ER door.” (John Hendren, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say” John Hendren, AP, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say, 9/7/1997)
With the Florida Medical Association’s recent announcement to unanimously endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum for Governor, we feel the momentum heading into August is on our side. But to ensure it remains that way and to keep Rick Scott and his fraudulent business tactics out of the Governor’s Office, we need your support. Your maximum donation of $500 per person of $1,000 per household will ensure Florida’s medical community will have a strong advocate in the Governor’s Mansion and help us educate Florida Republicans about Rick Scott’s real record as CEO of Columbia. To keep up with Rick Scott’s massive spending, we need your support.
The stakes in August’s Republican primary could not be higher. Florida faces a multitude of challenges, including a major jobs shortage, a budget crisis, and a need for a strong conservative leader in the Governor’s Mansion.
On one hand, Florida Republicans can elect Bill McCollum – leading our nation’s legal efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care laws, fighting for meaningful litigation reform to ease Florida’s doctor shortage and lower healthcare costs and working to implement an economic plan that will create 500,000 new jobs over six years.
As a Congressman and Attorney General, Florida’s healthcare community has had no better friend than Bill McCollum. His record on cutting government red tape and ending frivolous lawsuits prompted one of Florida’s most prominent trial lawyers to call Bill “the trial lawyers’ worst nightmare.”
On the other hand, Florida Republicans can put their hopes for our future in disgraced former Columbia CEO Rick Scott, who ran the company as it systematically defrauded the government in the largest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. Using the millions he made from defrauding taxpayers, Rick Scott has taken to the airwaves to mislead Floridians about his record.
As the campaign continues, we learn more about Rick Scott’s questionable background as a healthcare CEO. Here are the facts about Rick Scott’s tenure as Columbia CEO:
· While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia the company would purchase inferior equipment to cut cost that could hinder doctors abilities to perform their duties:
o “Surgical gloves were thinner and more likely to break, alcohol sponges were smaller, and the valve on new chest drainage tubes substituted by Columbia did not indicate whether the device was turned on or off” (allnurses.com)
o “’Gloves rip easily,’ complained hospital workers in Florida. In California, some nurses protested “filthy conditions” and being “stretched to the limit as the hospital slashed the ratio of nurses to patients” “I sometimes had to watch 72 patients heart monitors at a time,” one nurse reported. “I was told, either do it, or there’s the door.” In Indianapolis nurses complained to state authorities that babies in the neonatal unit were left unattended for as long as three hours.” (healthbeatblog.com: Who is Richard Scott and why is he saying these things about healthcare reform?)
· Richard Scott and Columbia attempted to bribe doctors:
o In 1997, in El Paso, Texas, a Federal jury found that Columbia, “personally” authorized by Rick Scott, had secretly paid doctor Ambrose Aboud $152,000 for "outstanding expenses" that he had not incurred as part of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the business partner. (Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times: A Health Care Giant's Secret Payments Taint a Texas Deal, March 29, 1997)
o Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in a memorandum that executives from hospitals that Columbia was attempting to buy reported that Columbia offered them “perquisites and promises of jobs” and other inducements as bribes to affect their decisions on whether to sell to Columbia. This includes John Geanes, a former administrator of South Miami Hospital who stated before a grand jury that he was approached by several Columbia officials including Rick Scott.( NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH CARE'S GIANT: Powerhouse Under Scrutiny -- A special report.; Biggest Hospital Operator Attracts Federal Inquiries, March 28, 1997, by Martin Gottlieb, Kurt Eichenwald and Josh Barbanel)
· Rick Scott and Columbia cut doctors that were not bringing in maximum profit, at the expense of patient care
o “The profit pressure that left Lawrence County, which is 71 miles southwest of Nashville, without an obstetrician also helped make Columbia the target of federal investigators. And it began affecting patient care immediately after Columbia's 1994 takeover of Hospital Corp. of America, current and former hospital employees say.”
o “Critics point to one incident in 1994, when Columbia cut back on services at a money-losing hospital in Destin, Fla. A man injured in a boating accident was left pleading from his stretcher for emergency room staff to treat him, as yellow tape blocked entry to the ER door.” (John Hendren, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say” John Hendren, AP, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say, 9/7/1997)
With the Florida Medical Association’s recent announcement to unanimously endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum for Governor, we feel the momentum heading into August is on our side. But to ensure it remains that way and to keep Rick Scott and his fraudulent business tactics out of the Governor’s Office, we need your support. Your maximum donation of $500 per person of $1,000 per household will ensure Florida’s medical community will have a strong advocate in the Governor’s Mansion and help us educate Florida Republicans about Rick Scott’s real record as CEO of Columbia. To keep up with Rick Scott’s massive spending, we need your support.
Friday, July 16, 2010
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 15, 2010
CONTACT: Kristy Campbell
850-241-1885
kristy@billmccollum.com
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: Rick Scott’s Medicare fraud explanations are unsatisfactory
“Private wealth and public accountability”
St. Petersburg Times
Editorial
July 15, 2010
“Republican candidate for governor Rick Scott has shown in the past week he's not above exploiting his role as a hospital executive in a family's private medical issue to get votes — yet he still refuses to candidly answer questions about how his company ultimately paid a $1.7 billion fine for Medicare fraud. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene likes to tout his experience as a ‘proven job creator’ as he accumulated a onetime $1.3 billion business empire — yet he still hasn't disclosed information on his finances that would give voters more time to independently evaluate his record. Private business executives have to recognize that running for public office requires more transparency, particularly when their opponents have long public records.
“Scott and Greene have earned vast sums of money in the private sector, but they are unknown and untested politically. They have become competitive in their respective races largely because they have spent millions of their own money on television ads and face weak candidates in primary elections. At least the public records are clear for Attorney General Bill McCollum, who faces Scott in the Republican primary for governor, and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, who faces Greene in the Democratic Senate primary. Scott and Greene are far less transparent and unwilling to go beyond sound bites in describing their track records.
“Scott's posturing is particularly galling as he's been exploiting a family's medical crisis on the campaign trail to prove he is a ‘prolife leader.’ As CEO of Columbia/HCA he continued to fight a lawsuit filed by a Texas couple whose wishes for the treatment of their premature infant daughter were ignored. And his campaign and a third-party committee have spent at least $20 million on television ads, including one that references the fine his hospital company paid after a federal investigation for Medicare fraud. The ad includes Scott saying he is going to give the ‘unvarnished truth’ and that he ‘learned’ from the experience. He notes he was never interviewed by investigators or charged in the case.
“But unvarnished truth apparently has its limits. After the Miami Herald found at least one of Columbia/HCA's illegal practices — giving kickbacks to doctors who referred patients to the company's hospitals — traced back to the original Texas hospitals Scott ran, his campaign declined interview requests. It ultimately issued another oblique and wholly unsatisfactory statement. What lessons did Scott learn? What did he know? Scott won't elaborate. As governor would he insist on giving written statements rather than candid responses to the public?
“Then there is billionaire Greene, who sought a one-month delay June 18 in filing financial disclosure papers required under state election law. Greene claimed his attorney ‘hasn't been able to get it in yet.’ That Greene — who has the cash to hire a posse of professionals — didn't think it was a priority is disconcerting at best. Now it appears he's intent on making voters wait as long as possible by running out the clock.
“With less than six weeks before the Aug. 24 primary, and many ballots already in the mail, time is running short for Scott and Greene to open up to voters about their track records in private business. But they are going to have to offer more than slick television commercials or campaign stump speeches. If they are not comfortable with public disclosure of their private business dealings, they should not be running for public office.”
To view this piece, please visit the St. Petersburg Times online at http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1108979.ece. For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit www.BillMcCollum.com.
JULY 15, 2010
CONTACT: Kristy Campbell
850-241-1885
kristy@billmccollum.com
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: Rick Scott’s Medicare fraud explanations are unsatisfactory
“Private wealth and public accountability”
St. Petersburg Times
Editorial
July 15, 2010
“Republican candidate for governor Rick Scott has shown in the past week he's not above exploiting his role as a hospital executive in a family's private medical issue to get votes — yet he still refuses to candidly answer questions about how his company ultimately paid a $1.7 billion fine for Medicare fraud. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene likes to tout his experience as a ‘proven job creator’ as he accumulated a onetime $1.3 billion business empire — yet he still hasn't disclosed information on his finances that would give voters more time to independently evaluate his record. Private business executives have to recognize that running for public office requires more transparency, particularly when their opponents have long public records.
“Scott and Greene have earned vast sums of money in the private sector, but they are unknown and untested politically. They have become competitive in their respective races largely because they have spent millions of their own money on television ads and face weak candidates in primary elections. At least the public records are clear for Attorney General Bill McCollum, who faces Scott in the Republican primary for governor, and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, who faces Greene in the Democratic Senate primary. Scott and Greene are far less transparent and unwilling to go beyond sound bites in describing their track records.
“Scott's posturing is particularly galling as he's been exploiting a family's medical crisis on the campaign trail to prove he is a ‘prolife leader.’ As CEO of Columbia/HCA he continued to fight a lawsuit filed by a Texas couple whose wishes for the treatment of their premature infant daughter were ignored. And his campaign and a third-party committee have spent at least $20 million on television ads, including one that references the fine his hospital company paid after a federal investigation for Medicare fraud. The ad includes Scott saying he is going to give the ‘unvarnished truth’ and that he ‘learned’ from the experience. He notes he was never interviewed by investigators or charged in the case.
“But unvarnished truth apparently has its limits. After the Miami Herald found at least one of Columbia/HCA's illegal practices — giving kickbacks to doctors who referred patients to the company's hospitals — traced back to the original Texas hospitals Scott ran, his campaign declined interview requests. It ultimately issued another oblique and wholly unsatisfactory statement. What lessons did Scott learn? What did he know? Scott won't elaborate. As governor would he insist on giving written statements rather than candid responses to the public?
“Then there is billionaire Greene, who sought a one-month delay June 18 in filing financial disclosure papers required under state election law. Greene claimed his attorney ‘hasn't been able to get it in yet.’ That Greene — who has the cash to hire a posse of professionals — didn't think it was a priority is disconcerting at best. Now it appears he's intent on making voters wait as long as possible by running out the clock.
“With less than six weeks before the Aug. 24 primary, and many ballots already in the mail, time is running short for Scott and Greene to open up to voters about their track records in private business. But they are going to have to offer more than slick television commercials or campaign stump speeches. If they are not comfortable with public disclosure of their private business dealings, they should not be running for public office.”
To view this piece, please visit the St. Petersburg Times online at http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1108979.ece. For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit www.BillMcCollum.com.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
POSTED BY MATT WILLIAMS
Dear George,
The stakes in August’s Republican primary could not be higher. Florida faces a multitude of challenges, including a major jobs shortage, a budget crisis, and a need for a strong conservative leader in the Governor’s Mansion.
On one hand, Florida Republicans can elect Bill McCollum – leading our nation’s legal efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care laws, fighting for meaningful litigation reform to ease Florida’s doctor shortage and lower healthcare costs and working to implement an economic plan that will create 500,000 new jobs over six years.
As a Congressman and Attorney General, Florida’s healthcare community has had no better friend than Bill McCollum. His record on cutting government red tape and ending frivolous lawsuits prompted one of Florida’s most prominent trial lawyers to call Bill “the trial lawyers’ worst nightmare.”
On the other hand, Florida Republicans can put their hopes for our future in disgraced former Columbia CEO Rick Scott, who ran the company as it systematically defrauded the government in the largest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. Using the millions he made from defrauding taxpayers, Rick Scott has taken to the airwaves to mislead Floridians about his record.
As the campaign continues, we learn more about Rick Scott’s questionable background as a healthcare CEO. Here are the facts about Rick Scott’s tenure as Columbia CEO:
· While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia the company would purchase inferior equipment to cut cost that could hinder doctors abilities to perform their duties:
o “Surgical gloves were thinner and more likely to break, alcohol sponges were smaller, and the valve on new chest drainage tubes substituted by Columbia did not indicate whether the device was turned on or off” (allnurses.com)
o “’Gloves rip easily,’ complained hospital workers in Florida. In California, some nurses protested “filthy conditions” and being “stretched to the limit as the hospital slashed the ratio of nurses to patients” “I sometimes had to watch 72 patients heart monitors at a time,” one nurse reported. “I was told, either do it, or there’s the door.” In Indianapolis nurses complained to state authorities that babies in the neonatal unit were left unattended for as long as three hours.” (healthbeatblog.com: Who is Richard Scott and why is he saying these things about healthcare reform?)
· Richard Scott and Columbia attempted to bribe doctors:
o In 1997, in El Paso, Texas, a Federal jury found that Columbia, “personally” authorized by Rick Scott, had secretly paid doctor Ambrose Aboud $152,000 for "outstanding expenses" that he had not incurred as part of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the business partner. (Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times: A Health Care Giant's Secret Payments Taint a Texas Deal, March 29, 1997)
o Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in a memorandum that executives from hospitals that Columbia was attempting to buy reported that Columbia offered them “perquisites and promises of jobs” and other inducements as bribes to affect their decisions on whether to sell to Columbia. This includes John Geanes, a former administrator of South Miami Hospital who stated before a grand jury that he was approached by several Columbia officials including Rick Scott.( NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH CARE'S GIANT: Powerhouse Under Scrutiny -- A special report.; Biggest Hospital Operator Attracts Federal Inquiries, March 28, 1997, by Martin Gottlieb, Kurt Eichenwald and Josh Barbanel)
· Rick Scott and Columbia cut doctors that were not bringing in maximum profit, at the expense of patient care
o “The profit pressure that left Lawrence County, which is 71 miles southwest of Nashville, without an obstetrician also helped make Columbia the target of federal investigators. And it began affecting patient care immediately after Columbia's 1994 takeover of Hospital Corp. of America, current and former hospital employees say.”
o “Critics point to one incident in 1994, when Columbia cut back on services at a money-losing hospital in Destin, Fla. A man injured in a boating accident was left pleading from his stretcher for emergency room staff to treat him, as yellow tape blocked entry to the ER door.” (John Hendren, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say” John Hendren, AP, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say, 9/7/1997)
With the Florida Medical Association’s recent announcement to unanimously endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum for Governor, we feel the momentum heading into August is on our side. But to ensure it remains that way and to keep Rick Scott and his fraudulent business tactics out of the Governor’s Office, we need your support. Your maximum donation of $500 per person of $1,000 per household will ensure Florida’s medical community will have a strong advocate in the Governor’s Mansion and help us educate Florida Republicans about Rick Scott’s real record as CEO of Columbia. To keep up with Rick Scott’s massive spending, we need your support.
Matt Williams
Campaign Manager
McCollum for Governor
P.S. Support our campaign by clicking here.
The stakes in August’s Republican primary could not be higher. Florida faces a multitude of challenges, including a major jobs shortage, a budget crisis, and a need for a strong conservative leader in the Governor’s Mansion.
On one hand, Florida Republicans can elect Bill McCollum – leading our nation’s legal efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care laws, fighting for meaningful litigation reform to ease Florida’s doctor shortage and lower healthcare costs and working to implement an economic plan that will create 500,000 new jobs over six years.
As a Congressman and Attorney General, Florida’s healthcare community has had no better friend than Bill McCollum. His record on cutting government red tape and ending frivolous lawsuits prompted one of Florida’s most prominent trial lawyers to call Bill “the trial lawyers’ worst nightmare.”
On the other hand, Florida Republicans can put their hopes for our future in disgraced former Columbia CEO Rick Scott, who ran the company as it systematically defrauded the government in the largest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. Using the millions he made from defrauding taxpayers, Rick Scott has taken to the airwaves to mislead Floridians about his record.
As the campaign continues, we learn more about Rick Scott’s questionable background as a healthcare CEO. Here are the facts about Rick Scott’s tenure as Columbia CEO:
· While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia the company would purchase inferior equipment to cut cost that could hinder doctors abilities to perform their duties:
o “Surgical gloves were thinner and more likely to break, alcohol sponges were smaller, and the valve on new chest drainage tubes substituted by Columbia did not indicate whether the device was turned on or off” (allnurses.com)
o “’Gloves rip easily,’ complained hospital workers in Florida. In California, some nurses protested “filthy conditions” and being “stretched to the limit as the hospital slashed the ratio of nurses to patients” “I sometimes had to watch 72 patients heart monitors at a time,” one nurse reported. “I was told, either do it, or there’s the door.” In Indianapolis nurses complained to state authorities that babies in the neonatal unit were left unattended for as long as three hours.” (healthbeatblog.com: Who is Richard Scott and why is he saying these things about healthcare reform?)
· Richard Scott and Columbia attempted to bribe doctors:
o In 1997, in El Paso, Texas, a Federal jury found that Columbia, “personally” authorized by Rick Scott, had secretly paid doctor Ambrose Aboud $152,000 for "outstanding expenses" that he had not incurred as part of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the business partner. (Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times: A Health Care Giant's Secret Payments Taint a Texas Deal, March 29, 1997)
o Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in a memorandum that executives from hospitals that Columbia was attempting to buy reported that Columbia offered them “perquisites and promises of jobs” and other inducements as bribes to affect their decisions on whether to sell to Columbia. This includes John Geanes, a former administrator of South Miami Hospital who stated before a grand jury that he was approached by several Columbia officials including Rick Scott.( NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH CARE'S GIANT: Powerhouse Under Scrutiny -- A special report.; Biggest Hospital Operator Attracts Federal Inquiries, March 28, 1997, by Martin Gottlieb, Kurt Eichenwald and Josh Barbanel)
· Rick Scott and Columbia cut doctors that were not bringing in maximum profit, at the expense of patient care
o “The profit pressure that left Lawrence County, which is 71 miles southwest of Nashville, without an obstetrician also helped make Columbia the target of federal investigators. And it began affecting patient care immediately after Columbia's 1994 takeover of Hospital Corp. of America, current and former hospital employees say.”
o “Critics point to one incident in 1994, when Columbia cut back on services at a money-losing hospital in Destin, Fla. A man injured in a boating accident was left pleading from his stretcher for emergency room staff to treat him, as yellow tape blocked entry to the ER door.” (John Hendren, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say” John Hendren, AP, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say, 9/7/1997)
With the Florida Medical Association’s recent announcement to unanimously endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum for Governor, we feel the momentum heading into August is on our side. But to ensure it remains that way and to keep Rick Scott and his fraudulent business tactics out of the Governor’s Office, we need your support. Your maximum donation of $500 per person of $1,000 per household will ensure Florida’s medical community will have a strong advocate in the Governor’s Mansion and help us educate Florida Republicans about Rick Scott’s real record as CEO of Columbia. To keep up with Rick Scott’s massive spending, we need your support.
Matt Williams
Campaign Manager
McCollum for Governor
P.S. Support our campaign by clicking here.
POSTED BY MATT WILLIAMS
Dear George,
The stakes in August’s Republican primary could not be higher. Florida faces a multitude of challenges, including a major jobs shortage, a budget crisis, and a need for a strong conservative leader in the Governor’s Mansion.
On one hand, Florida Republicans can elect Bill McCollum – leading our nation’s legal efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care laws, fighting for meaningful litigation reform to ease Florida’s doctor shortage and lower healthcare costs and working to implement an economic plan that will create 500,000 new jobs over six years.
As a Congressman and Attorney General, Florida’s healthcare community has had no better friend than Bill McCollum. His record on cutting government red tape and ending frivolous lawsuits prompted one of Florida’s most prominent trial lawyers to call Bill “the trial lawyers’ worst nightmare.”
On the other hand, Florida Republicans can put their hopes for our future in disgraced former Columbia CEO Rick Scott, who ran the company as it systematically defrauded the government in the largest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. Using the millions he made from defrauding taxpayers, Rick Scott has taken to the airwaves to mislead Floridians about his record.
As the campaign continues, we learn more about Rick Scott’s questionable background as a healthcare CEO. Here are the facts about Rick Scott’s tenure as Columbia CEO:
· While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia the company would purchase inferior equipment to cut cost that could hinder doctors abilities to perform their duties:
o “Surgical gloves were thinner and more likely to break, alcohol sponges were smaller, and the valve on new chest drainage tubes substituted by Columbia did not indicate whether the device was turned on or off” (allnurses.com)
o “’Gloves rip easily,’ complained hospital workers in Florida. In California, some nurses protested “filthy conditions” and being “stretched to the limit as the hospital slashed the ratio of nurses to patients” “I sometimes had to watch 72 patients heart monitors at a time,” one nurse reported. “I was told, either do it, or there’s the door.” In Indianapolis nurses complained to state authorities that babies in the neonatal unit were left unattended for as long as three hours.” (healthbeatblog.com: Who is Richard Scott and why is he saying these things about healthcare reform?)
· Richard Scott and Columbia attempted to bribe doctors:
o In 1997, in El Paso, Texas, a Federal jury found that Columbia, “personally” authorized by Rick Scott, had secretly paid doctor Ambrose Aboud $152,000 for "outstanding expenses" that he had not incurred as part of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the business partner. (Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times: A Health Care Giant's Secret Payments Taint a Texas Deal, March 29, 1997)
o Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in a memorandum that executives from hospitals that Columbia was attempting to buy reported that Columbia offered them “perquisites and promises of jobs” and other inducements as bribes to affect their decisions on whether to sell to Columbia. This includes John Geanes, a former administrator of South Miami Hospital who stated before a grand jury that he was approached by several Columbia officials including Rick Scott.( NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH CARE'S GIANT: Powerhouse Under Scrutiny -- A special report.; Biggest Hospital Operator Attracts Federal Inquiries, March 28, 1997, by Martin Gottlieb, Kurt Eichenwald and Josh Barbanel)
· Rick Scott and Columbia cut doctors that were not bringing in maximum profit, at the expense of patient care
o “The profit pressure that left Lawrence County, which is 71 miles southwest of Nashville, without an obstetrician also helped make Columbia the target of federal investigators. And it began affecting patient care immediately after Columbia's 1994 takeover of Hospital Corp. of America, current and former hospital employees say.”
o “Critics point to one incident in 1994, when Columbia cut back on services at a money-losing hospital in Destin, Fla. A man injured in a boating accident was left pleading from his stretcher for emergency room staff to treat him, as yellow tape blocked entry to the ER door.” (John Hendren, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say” John Hendren, AP, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say, 9/7/1997)
With the Florida Medical Association’s recent announcement to unanimously endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum for Governor, we feel the momentum heading into August is on our side. But to ensure it remains that way and to keep Rick Scott and his fraudulent business tactics out of the Governor’s Office, we need your support. Your maximum donation of $500 per person of $1,000 per household will ensure Florida’s medical community will have a strong advocate in the Governor’s Mansion and help us educate Florida Republicans about Rick Scott’s real record as CEO of Columbia. To keep up with Rick Scott’s massive spending, we need your support.
Matt Williams
Campaign Manager
McCollum for Governor
P.S. Support our campaign by clicking here.
The stakes in August’s Republican primary could not be higher. Florida faces a multitude of challenges, including a major jobs shortage, a budget crisis, and a need for a strong conservative leader in the Governor’s Mansion.
On one hand, Florida Republicans can elect Bill McCollum – leading our nation’s legal efforts to repeal President Obama’s health care laws, fighting for meaningful litigation reform to ease Florida’s doctor shortage and lower healthcare costs and working to implement an economic plan that will create 500,000 new jobs over six years.
As a Congressman and Attorney General, Florida’s healthcare community has had no better friend than Bill McCollum. His record on cutting government red tape and ending frivolous lawsuits prompted one of Florida’s most prominent trial lawyers to call Bill “the trial lawyers’ worst nightmare.”
On the other hand, Florida Republicans can put their hopes for our future in disgraced former Columbia CEO Rick Scott, who ran the company as it systematically defrauded the government in the largest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. Using the millions he made from defrauding taxpayers, Rick Scott has taken to the airwaves to mislead Floridians about his record.
As the campaign continues, we learn more about Rick Scott’s questionable background as a healthcare CEO. Here are the facts about Rick Scott’s tenure as Columbia CEO:
· While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia the company would purchase inferior equipment to cut cost that could hinder doctors abilities to perform their duties:
o “Surgical gloves were thinner and more likely to break, alcohol sponges were smaller, and the valve on new chest drainage tubes substituted by Columbia did not indicate whether the device was turned on or off” (allnurses.com)
o “’Gloves rip easily,’ complained hospital workers in Florida. In California, some nurses protested “filthy conditions” and being “stretched to the limit as the hospital slashed the ratio of nurses to patients” “I sometimes had to watch 72 patients heart monitors at a time,” one nurse reported. “I was told, either do it, or there’s the door.” In Indianapolis nurses complained to state authorities that babies in the neonatal unit were left unattended for as long as three hours.” (healthbeatblog.com: Who is Richard Scott and why is he saying these things about healthcare reform?)
· Richard Scott and Columbia attempted to bribe doctors:
o In 1997, in El Paso, Texas, a Federal jury found that Columbia, “personally” authorized by Rick Scott, had secretly paid doctor Ambrose Aboud $152,000 for "outstanding expenses" that he had not incurred as part of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the business partner. (Kurt Eichenwald, New York Times: A Health Care Giant's Secret Payments Taint a Texas Deal, March 29, 1997)
o Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation wrote in a memorandum that executives from hospitals that Columbia was attempting to buy reported that Columbia offered them “perquisites and promises of jobs” and other inducements as bribes to affect their decisions on whether to sell to Columbia. This includes John Geanes, a former administrator of South Miami Hospital who stated before a grand jury that he was approached by several Columbia officials including Rick Scott.( NEW YORK TIMES: HEALTH CARE'S GIANT: Powerhouse Under Scrutiny -- A special report.; Biggest Hospital Operator Attracts Federal Inquiries, March 28, 1997, by Martin Gottlieb, Kurt Eichenwald and Josh Barbanel)
· Rick Scott and Columbia cut doctors that were not bringing in maximum profit, at the expense of patient care
o “The profit pressure that left Lawrence County, which is 71 miles southwest of Nashville, without an obstetrician also helped make Columbia the target of federal investigators. And it began affecting patient care immediately after Columbia's 1994 takeover of Hospital Corp. of America, current and former hospital employees say.”
o “Critics point to one incident in 1994, when Columbia cut back on services at a money-losing hospital in Destin, Fla. A man injured in a boating accident was left pleading from his stretcher for emergency room staff to treat him, as yellow tape blocked entry to the ER door.” (John Hendren, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say” John Hendren, AP, Hospital chain's profits took toll on patient care, employees say, 9/7/1997)
With the Florida Medical Association’s recent announcement to unanimously endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum for Governor, we feel the momentum heading into August is on our side. But to ensure it remains that way and to keep Rick Scott and his fraudulent business tactics out of the Governor’s Office, we need your support. Your maximum donation of $500 per person of $1,000 per household will ensure Florida’s medical community will have a strong advocate in the Governor’s Mansion and help us educate Florida Republicans about Rick Scott’s real record as CEO of Columbia. To keep up with Rick Scott’s massive spending, we need your support.
Matt Williams
Campaign Manager
McCollum for Governor
P.S. Support our campaign by clicking here.
NEW POST BY DR. GEORGE M. SUAREZ
Please read the press release below. Rick Scott has the same answer when faced with his responsibilities in all of his investments and business affairs: "As for Scott's answer that he doesn't know about all the activities of all the companies he has invested in."
Scott lies, lies and lies. Either that or he is more stupid than I thought. But make no doubt, he did not make millions by being stupid. He did it by being a liar and cheating along the way. He claims he did not know about HCA's 1.7 billion fraud too. Boy what can we expect from him if elected Governor of Florida. Maybe just another: "I didn't know, I am just the Governor." Putting him as Governor would be the beginning of the end for Florida.
George M. Suarez, M.D.
-----Original Message-----
From: McCollum Communications
To: gmsuarezmd@aol.com
Sent: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 2:59 pm
Subject: Press Release: McCollum Campaign to Rick Scott: Come Clean on Your Profits from Abortions, Illegal Immigrants, and the Obama Stimulus
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 14, 2010
CONTACT: Kristy Campbell
850-241-1885
kristy@billmccollum.com
MCCOLLUM CAMPAIGN TO RICK SCOTT: COME CLEAN ON YOUR PROFITS FROM ABORTIONS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE OBAMA STIMULUS
Tallahassee, FL – Today, McCollum for Governor Campaign Manager Matt Williams issued the following statement regarding Rick Scott’s hypocrisy on the issues of abortion, immigration and the stimulus.
“Last night, Rick Scott was rightfully questioned about his conflicting positions on issues important to conservatives, but instead of providing his usual evasiveness, this time he flat out lied.
“Rick Scott’s unwillingness to come clean on how much he has made from elective abortions, illegal immigrants and the Obama stimulus raise serious concerns about his character, and prove he cannot be trusted on any issue.
“Floridians deserve to know exactly how much Rick Scott has profited from the very practices he claims he opposes. He claims he is a “pro-life” leader, and yet as CEO of Columbia/HCA, he failed to stop abortions from happening at his hospitals and took the profits. He claims he will work to curb illegal immigration in Florida, and yet he is happy to take profits from a company facilitating money transfers from illegal immigrants in the United States to their families in Mexico. And in perhaps the most shocking of all hypocrisies, he made at least $4 million from the Obama stimulus as a “controlling member” of Xfone – the same stimulus he claims he would “fight” as governor.
Rick Scott can only evade questions on his hypocritical positions for so long. If Rick Scott really believes in accountability, he can start by releasing his tax returns to prove he always puts his principles over his profits.”
BACKGROUND
In an article entitled “Tea Party supporters in West Delray Beach press GOP governor hopeful Rick Scott on financial issues,” the Palm Beach Post today reported on Rick Scott’s failure to provide answers to an audience of tea party supporters in Delray Beach.
According to the article, “Asked if any of the companies he invests in have received federal stimulus money, Scott said: "I have no idea. You know, I have a variety of investments."
“Politico.com reported last month that Xfone, a company in which Scott had a 17 percent stake in 2008, has received $60 million in stimulus money.
As for Scott's answer that he doesn't know about all the activities of all the companies he has invested in, a woman in the audience shouted: "I think you'd better find out real soon.”
To read the full article, please visit the Palm Beach Post at http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/tea-party-supporters-in-west-delray-beach-press-801295.html.
For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit www.BillMcCollum.com.
Scott lies, lies and lies. Either that or he is more stupid than I thought. But make no doubt, he did not make millions by being stupid. He did it by being a liar and cheating along the way. He claims he did not know about HCA's 1.7 billion fraud too. Boy what can we expect from him if elected Governor of Florida. Maybe just another: "I didn't know, I am just the Governor." Putting him as Governor would be the beginning of the end for Florida.
George M. Suarez, M.D.
-----Original Message-----
From: McCollum Communications
To: gmsuarezmd@aol.com
Sent: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 2:59 pm
Subject: Press Release: McCollum Campaign to Rick Scott: Come Clean on Your Profits from Abortions, Illegal Immigrants, and the Obama Stimulus
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 14, 2010
CONTACT: Kristy Campbell
850-241-1885
kristy@billmccollum.com
MCCOLLUM CAMPAIGN TO RICK SCOTT: COME CLEAN ON YOUR PROFITS FROM ABORTIONS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE OBAMA STIMULUS
Tallahassee, FL – Today, McCollum for Governor Campaign Manager Matt Williams issued the following statement regarding Rick Scott’s hypocrisy on the issues of abortion, immigration and the stimulus.
“Last night, Rick Scott was rightfully questioned about his conflicting positions on issues important to conservatives, but instead of providing his usual evasiveness, this time he flat out lied.
“Rick Scott’s unwillingness to come clean on how much he has made from elective abortions, illegal immigrants and the Obama stimulus raise serious concerns about his character, and prove he cannot be trusted on any issue.
“Floridians deserve to know exactly how much Rick Scott has profited from the very practices he claims he opposes. He claims he is a “pro-life” leader, and yet as CEO of Columbia/HCA, he failed to stop abortions from happening at his hospitals and took the profits. He claims he will work to curb illegal immigration in Florida, and yet he is happy to take profits from a company facilitating money transfers from illegal immigrants in the United States to their families in Mexico. And in perhaps the most shocking of all hypocrisies, he made at least $4 million from the Obama stimulus as a “controlling member” of Xfone – the same stimulus he claims he would “fight” as governor.
Rick Scott can only evade questions on his hypocritical positions for so long. If Rick Scott really believes in accountability, he can start by releasing his tax returns to prove he always puts his principles over his profits.”
BACKGROUND
In an article entitled “Tea Party supporters in West Delray Beach press GOP governor hopeful Rick Scott on financial issues,” the Palm Beach Post today reported on Rick Scott’s failure to provide answers to an audience of tea party supporters in Delray Beach.
According to the article, “Asked if any of the companies he invests in have received federal stimulus money, Scott said: "I have no idea. You know, I have a variety of investments."
“Politico.com reported last month that Xfone, a company in which Scott had a 17 percent stake in 2008, has received $60 million in stimulus money.
As for Scott's answer that he doesn't know about all the activities of all the companies he has invested in, a woman in the audience shouted: "I think you'd better find out real soon.”
To read the full article, please visit the Palm Beach Post at http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/tea-party-supporters-in-west-delray-beach-press-801295.html.
For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit www.BillMcCollum.com.
Monday, June 28, 2010
RICK SCOTT INVESTED IN FIRM WITH TIES TO ILLEGAL ALIENS
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:Fla.’s Rick Scott Invested in Firm With Ties to
Illegal Aliens By Jim MeyersNewsMaxJune 24, 2010 Florida
gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is invested heavily in a company
that helps illegal aliens transfer money out of the country.
The revelation is the latest unseemly news about Republican Scott, who
has portrayed himself as a political outsider who intends to clean up
government.
In a staggering multimillion dollar-ad campaign, Scott has made illegal
immigration a centerpiece of his platform, claiming that state Attorney
General Bill McCollum is not strong enough on the issue.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, McCollum for Governor Campaign
Communications Director Kristy Campbell said: “In just the latest case
of hypocrisy, it was revealed today that Rick Scott has heavily
invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer
money to family and friends out of the country.
“Rick Scott says he wants to crack down on illegal immigration, but now
we find out he has been profiting from illegal immigrants. While it’s
clear we can’t trust anything Rick Scott or his commercials say, one
thing is certain: Rick Scott is a fraud whose public image repair team
won’t be able to buy the support of Florida voters.”
Scott has come under fire for his financial dealings when he was CEO of
healthcare company Columbia/HCA in the 1990s. The FBI launched a
multi-state probe that led to the firm’s pleading guilty to criminal
charges of overbilling the government.
“It was and still is the biggest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history
and ended with the hospital giant Columbia/HCA paying a record $1.7
billion in fines, penalties and damages,” the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel newspaper disclosed in May.
Interestingly, Scott has not denied the accusation or his involvement
in the matter, with his TV ads stating he accepts “responsibility for
what happened on my watch” at Columbia/HCA.
On the immigration issue, Scott has strongly endorsed the Arizona law
designed to crack down on illegal immigration, and he has run an ad
depicting McCollum as an opponent of a similar law in Florida.
Although McCollum did not support the law initially, he changed his
views after the law was amended to reduce the likelihood of racial
profiling.
“I support Arizona’s law as amended, and if the federal government
fails to secure our borders and solve the problem of illegal
immigration, I would support a similar law for Florida,” McCollum said
on May 13.
“Arizona leaders recently made needed changes that address concerns I
had that the law could be abused and misused to perform racially
profiled stops and arrests.”
The chairman of the Florida House panel on crime, Republican William
Snyder, who backs an Arizona-style law for Florida, says he is
endorsing McCollum for the GOP nomination for governor.
McCollum’s statement Tuesday calls attention to an article in the
Orlando Sentinel disclosing that “Scott’s investment company was one of
a handful of equity investors that lent $12.5 million in 2004 and 2005
to Emida Technologies.
“Emida provides electronic pre-paid services ranging from phone cards
to money transfers, and focuses on Central and South American markets.
According to its website, the company also partnered with another
[company] called IPP, which primarily focused on helping Hispanic
migrant workers in Arizona transfer money and pay bills back in Mexico.”
The article notes a Banco de Mexico study in 2005 showing that 83
percent of the remittances into Mexico were from illegal immigrants,
the vast majority coming from the United States.
The Sentinel also revealed in another article that Scott, along with a
San Antonio-based immigration reform business group called Mexicans and
Americans Trading Together Inc., or MATT, invested $7 million in a West
Palm Beach, Fla.-based Hispanic social media company called Quepasa in
2008.
MATT has taken a firm stance against the Arizona immigration law and
supports a pathway to legalization for more than 12 million illegal
aliens in the United States.
Scott campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said Scott “had absolutely
nothing to do with MATT.”
The campaign also hit back at McCollum after his Tuesday statement,
“dredging up McCollum’s lengthy list of former lobbying clients, which
includes the financial firm Citigroup, AmeriDream Charity Inc., and the
Mortgage Bankers Association, all of which, the Scott camp alleges,
‘enabled mortgages for illegal immigrants,’” according to the Sentinel.
But the PolitiFact.com’s Truth-O-Meter site reported: “There are no
specific examples we could find or Scott could provide that McCollum's
three clients did so when he was their lobbyist. We rate this claim
False.”
McCollum also said in the Tuesday statement: “While Rick Scott pours
millions of his own dollars — money made from ripping off taxpayers —
into public image repair commercials, it is becoming clearer every day
that his rhetoric doesn’t match his record.
“Rick Scott says he wants to hold government accountable just like he
did in business. Except, under his watch, his company orchestrated the
biggest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. He says he’s
pro-life, but now we find out he profited from abortions and owns a
pharmacy chain in California that sells the morning-after pill.”
The race is continuing to heat up, with another eight weeks until the
Aug. 24 primary.
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www.BillMcCollum.com.
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Illegal Aliens By Jim MeyersNewsMaxJune 24, 2010 Florida
gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is invested heavily in a company
that helps illegal aliens transfer money out of the country.
The revelation is the latest unseemly news about Republican Scott, who
has portrayed himself as a political outsider who intends to clean up
government.
In a staggering multimillion dollar-ad campaign, Scott has made illegal
immigration a centerpiece of his platform, claiming that state Attorney
General Bill McCollum is not strong enough on the issue.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, McCollum for Governor Campaign
Communications Director Kristy Campbell said: “In just the latest case
of hypocrisy, it was revealed today that Rick Scott has heavily
invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer
money to family and friends out of the country.
“Rick Scott says he wants to crack down on illegal immigration, but now
we find out he has been profiting from illegal immigrants. While it’s
clear we can’t trust anything Rick Scott or his commercials say, one
thing is certain: Rick Scott is a fraud whose public image repair team
won’t be able to buy the support of Florida voters.”
Scott has come under fire for his financial dealings when he was CEO of
healthcare company Columbia/HCA in the 1990s. The FBI launched a
multi-state probe that led to the firm’s pleading guilty to criminal
charges of overbilling the government.
“It was and still is the biggest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history
and ended with the hospital giant Columbia/HCA paying a record $1.7
billion in fines, penalties and damages,” the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel newspaper disclosed in May.
Interestingly, Scott has not denied the accusation or his involvement
in the matter, with his TV ads stating he accepts “responsibility for
what happened on my watch” at Columbia/HCA.
On the immigration issue, Scott has strongly endorsed the Arizona law
designed to crack down on illegal immigration, and he has run an ad
depicting McCollum as an opponent of a similar law in Florida.
Although McCollum did not support the law initially, he changed his
views after the law was amended to reduce the likelihood of racial
profiling.
“I support Arizona’s law as amended, and if the federal government
fails to secure our borders and solve the problem of illegal
immigration, I would support a similar law for Florida,” McCollum said
on May 13.
“Arizona leaders recently made needed changes that address concerns I
had that the law could be abused and misused to perform racially
profiled stops and arrests.”
The chairman of the Florida House panel on crime, Republican William
Snyder, who backs an Arizona-style law for Florida, says he is
endorsing McCollum for the GOP nomination for governor.
McCollum’s statement Tuesday calls attention to an article in the
Orlando Sentinel disclosing that “Scott’s investment company was one of
a handful of equity investors that lent $12.5 million in 2004 and 2005
to Emida Technologies.
“Emida provides electronic pre-paid services ranging from phone cards
to money transfers, and focuses on Central and South American markets.
According to its website, the company also partnered with another
[company] called IPP, which primarily focused on helping Hispanic
migrant workers in Arizona transfer money and pay bills back in Mexico.”
The article notes a Banco de Mexico study in 2005 showing that 83
percent of the remittances into Mexico were from illegal immigrants,
the vast majority coming from the United States.
The Sentinel also revealed in another article that Scott, along with a
San Antonio-based immigration reform business group called Mexicans and
Americans Trading Together Inc., or MATT, invested $7 million in a West
Palm Beach, Fla.-based Hispanic social media company called Quepasa in
2008.
MATT has taken a firm stance against the Arizona immigration law and
supports a pathway to legalization for more than 12 million illegal
aliens in the United States.
Scott campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said Scott “had absolutely
nothing to do with MATT.”
The campaign also hit back at McCollum after his Tuesday statement,
“dredging up McCollum’s lengthy list of former lobbying clients, which
includes the financial firm Citigroup, AmeriDream Charity Inc., and the
Mortgage Bankers Association, all of which, the Scott camp alleges,
‘enabled mortgages for illegal immigrants,’” according to the Sentinel.
But the PolitiFact.com’s Truth-O-Meter site reported: “There are no
specific examples we could find or Scott could provide that McCollum's
three clients did so when he was their lobbyist. We rate this claim
False.”
McCollum also said in the Tuesday statement: “While Rick Scott pours
millions of his own dollars — money made from ripping off taxpayers —
into public image repair commercials, it is becoming clearer every day
that his rhetoric doesn’t match his record.
“Rick Scott says he wants to hold government accountable just like he
did in business. Except, under his watch, his company orchestrated the
biggest Medicare fraud scheme in American history. He says he’s
pro-life, but now we find out he profited from abortions and owns a
pharmacy chain in California that sells the morning-after pill.”
The race is continuing to heat up, with another eight weeks until the
Aug. 24 primary.
© Newsmax. All rights reserved.
To view the complete story, please visit NewsMax online at
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/RickScott-invested-illegalaliens-McCollum/2010/06/24/id/362969/.
For more information, campaign news, and updates, visit
www.BillMcCollum.com.
# # #
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Republican, for Governor.
The purchase of a ticket for, or a contribution to, the campaign
fundraiser is a contribution
to the campaign of Bill McCollum. Contributions are not deductible for
federal income tax purposes.
PO Box 10829, Tallahassee, FL 32302-2829 | P: 850-241-1885
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
THIS WILL TAKE LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS TO READ. IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE PASS IT ON
Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn't pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform. Do we have an elite group of lawmakers that are above the law? I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.
Have each person contact a minimum of Twenty people on their Address list, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
You are one of my 20.IDA
RICK SCOTT SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS PAST SERVICES AND NOT HIS FUTURE PROMISES.
GET THE FACTS ON RICK SCOTT.
GET THE FACTS ON BILL MCCOLLUM.
MAKE THE RIGHT VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Have each person contact a minimum of Twenty people on their Address list, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
You are one of my 20.IDA
RICK SCOTT SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS PAST SERVICES AND NOT HIS FUTURE PROMISES.
GET THE FACTS ON RICK SCOTT.
GET THE FACTS ON BILL MCCOLLUM.
MAKE THE RIGHT VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
BILL PALMER ALSO WANTS TO POST
BILL McCOLLUM WILL NOT FAIL US AS FLORIDA’S NEXT GOVERNOR - VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
PRESIDENT OBAMA PLAGUED WITH FRUSTRATION POSTED BY STEPHEN PALMER
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS TO SEE OBAMA.
cajunconservatism.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/plug-the-damn-hole-2/
STEPHEN PALMER, CIVIL ENGINEER POSTED TODAY
BILL McCOLLUM WILL NOT FAIL US AS FLORIDA’S NEXT GOVERNOR - VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
Television networks showed President Obama, plagued with frustration, on camera saying, "Plug the damn hole!"
Some equally frustrated Cajuns, upon seeing the broadcasts on the evening news, immediately convened at T-Boy's camp in the basin and worked feverishly on a solution. Their idea is getting widespread attention and gaining popularity.
Leonce "Boo" Bergeron, Jr., Rene "T-chien" Melancon, and Clomare "Grosbeck" LeMaire emerged from T-Boy's just before dawn. When they stopped at I-10 to get gas, "Boo" was quoted as saying, "Mais, we do what we can, us. We don't tink it's jus' important for just us here in Luzianna, but for da whole country. In fack, on second taught, for da whole worl'.
Everyting dat comes out dat hole is affecking da whole worl'."
"Plug the damn hole!"
NEW POST BY DR. ANDRES BODEWIG
Obama dies and finds himself before the Pearly Gates.
He is very excited; all his life he's had a secret wish & longed to meet
the Prophet Mohammed.
Having arrived at the Gates of Heaven, Barack meets a man with a beard.
'Are you Mohammed?' he asks.
'No, my son. I am Peter. Mohammed is higher up.' Peter then points to a
ladder that rises into the clouds.
Delighted that Mohammed should be higher than Peter, Obama climbs the
ladder in great strides, climbs through the clouds coming to a room where
he meets another bearded man.
He asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?
'No, I am Moses. Mohammed is higher still.'
Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy he climbs the ladder yet again, he
discovers an even larger room where he meets another man with a beard.
Full of hope, he asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?
'No, I am Jesus... You will find Mohammed higher up.'
Mohammed higher than Jesus! Man! Obama can hardly contain his delight
and climbs and climbs, ever higher. Once again, he reaches a larger room
where he meets a man with a beard and repeats his question:
'Are you Mohammed?...' he gasps as he is, by now, totally out of breath from
all his climbing.
'No, my son.... I am Almighty God. But you look exhausted. Would you like
a cup of coffee..?'
'Yes! please, my Lord'
God looks behind him, claps his hands and yells out: 'Hey Mohammed-- two coffees!'
Keep your trust in God; Your government has failed you miserably.
BILL McCOLLUM WILL NOT FAIL US AS FLORIDA'S NEXT GOVERNOR. VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
MORE REASONS FOR NOT VOTING FOR RICK SCOTT
HERE ARE MORE REASONS FOR NOT Voting FOR RICK SCOTT...
Here’s your Saturday edition of the Rick Scott Fraud Files. From what we are hearing on the ground at today’s events on the campaign trail, Rick Scott shockingly didn't address reports that his company gave illegal kickbacks to doctors for patient referrals. That’s unfortunate because Florida voters certainly deserve some answers.
The latest report from the Rick Scott Fraud Files comes courtesy of the Miami Herald and the Department of Justice:
While Rick Scott served as CEO of Columbia/HCA, Dr. James Thompson, as part of a federal court "whistle blower" lawsuit, accused Columbia/HCA of paying doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals. He received part of a $225.5 million settlement by HCA to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients.
Key Quotes:
“Columbia-HCA Healthcare Corp., the nation's biggest hospital chain, paid doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals, a doctor's lawsuit charges. “ (Miami Herald 11/11/95)
“$225.5 million to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients. In 2001, Columbia Management Companies, Inc., pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks and other monetary benefits to doctors in violation of the Medicare Anti kickback Statute and paid a $30 million criminal fine. Dr. James Thompson, a doctor who filed suit against the company in 1995, will receive $41.5 million as his statutory share of the settlement. Gary King, a former HCA employee, will receive $5 million and Ann Mroz, a former HCA nurse, will receive a share of $837,500.” (Department of Justice announcement of settlement)
Here’s your Saturday edition of the Rick Scott Fraud Files. From what we are hearing on the ground at today’s events on the campaign trail, Rick Scott shockingly didn't address reports that his company gave illegal kickbacks to doctors for patient referrals. That’s unfortunate because Florida voters certainly deserve some answers.
The latest report from the Rick Scott Fraud Files comes courtesy of the Miami Herald and the Department of Justice:
While Rick Scott served as CEO of Columbia/HCA, Dr. James Thompson, as part of a federal court "whistle blower" lawsuit, accused Columbia/HCA of paying doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals. He received part of a $225.5 million settlement by HCA to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients.
Key Quotes:
“Columbia-HCA Healthcare Corp., the nation's biggest hospital chain, paid doctors illegal kickbacks including cash, free vacations and cheap office rentals in exchange for patient referrals, a doctor's lawsuit charges. “ (Miami Herald 11/11/95)
“$225.5 million to resolve lawsuits alleging that HCA hospitals and home health agencies unlawfully billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for claims generated by the payment of kickbacks and other illegal remuneration to physicians in exchange for referral of patients. In 2001, Columbia Management Companies, Inc., pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks and other monetary benefits to doctors in violation of the Medicare Anti kickback Statute and paid a $30 million criminal fine. Dr. James Thompson, a doctor who filed suit against the company in 1995, will receive $41.5 million as his statutory share of the settlement. Gary King, a former HCA employee, will receive $5 million and Ann Mroz, a former HCA nurse, will receive a share of $837,500.” (Department of Justice announcement of settlement)
GEORGE M. SUAREZ, M.D. COMMENTED
Dear Friends and colleagues,
Please read the facts about Rick Scott and his aspiration to be the next governor of Florida: In The recent article appeared in the Jacksonville Florida times-Union, (Digging into the details of Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA, Mark Wood's column that ran in Friday's paper: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2010-06-04/digging-details-rick-Scott-
I would like to express my personal opinions on the upcoming Florida Gubernatorial race. As a practicing physician for over 20 years and a lifelong citizen of Florida, I would like to voice my opinions to my friends, colleagues, and the editors of our newspaper and to the media in general in hope that my comments will expose the truth to the citizens of Florida before they go to the polls.
Who is Rick Scott, and what has been his public service record to qualify him as Governor of Florida? We know about his “self serving record “as CEO of Columbia/HCA. We know what they (HCA) did and their involvement in the largest medical fraud scheme in United States history. Mr. Scott claims that he will hold the government accountable for every dollar it spends..." That's what I've done in business,' his television ads say. "That what I'll do as governor."
What can Floridians really expect from Rick Scott as governor? Does a Zebra change its stripes or a Leopard its spots? If there is a place for Mr. Scott in Tallahassee, it should be in jail, along with his cronies at HCA. But Mr. Scott and HCA was able to buy their way out of jail time by paying 1.7 billion fines. Under the leadership of Rick Scott as CEO of HCA, they did the most despicable of all things in health care fraud. In quoting, the article above:" They used false diagnosis codes for patient records, inflating the government reimbursements. Paid illegal kickbacks to physicians. Creatively billed the government for everything from Kentucky Derby tickets to country club dues. Double-billed Medicare at nine south Florida hospitals." Does Rick Scott really think he can get Floridians to believe him and vote for him as the next governor of Florida? In Florida alone HCA, under his watch, “milked" the state and it's tax payers by double billing at 9 hospitals, and we should vote for him???
In his defense he states, as quoted: "Mistakes were made. He didn't’ know this was happening on his watch, but he takes responsibility for it. He has learned from it. He wants your vote." Someone please tell me this is a joke. Does he really think Floridians believe this?
In my opinion, if Mr. Scott, really wants to do something for our State, why not be a good citizen and donate any part of the millions of dollars that were bonuses to him when he left HCA and moved to Florida. I assume this kind of bonus was not for the guilt pf illegal fraud. He must have done something right to merit worth being rewarded so much money? Like maybe a huge profit from stealing from others and making HCA shareholders a profit?
If Mr. Scott really wants to do something for Florida, he may want to donate some of his HCA bonus money for a worthy cause. I hear that there is a real need to protect and clean up our shores from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.His donations may even give you a sense of "personal cleansing and feel good."
Rick Scott wants our vote, our trust and our forgiveness for having been at the helm of the largest medical fraud scandal in the history of our country,,, and all the repercussions it cost Americans beyond the 9 hospitals in Florida that were a part the historical national health care fraud... As I am sure BP wants our forgiveness, confidence and support to continue drilling off the shores of the most pristine beaches in our country. President Richard Nixon also regretted Watergate and asked Americans for forgiveness.
Personally. I do believe in forgiveness, when it is genuine, sincere and paid its debt. Rick Scott has failed to do any of these. We cannot trust people that have shown no demonstrable honesty, accountability or moral integrity. Why should Floridians trust Rick Scott?
What can Floridians expect from Rick Scott if elected governor? I pose the following question: "how many times will a man fool you, steal, and lie and commit fraud?" Answer: “As many times as he can get away with it.” Ask Madoff...remember that story?
Mr. Scott, has done enough damage during his tenure as CEO of HCA. How can he expect Floridians to vote for him based on his claim: "That's what I've done in business, and that's what I'll do as governor?" Where is the integrity of his leadership in business?
I understand that Mr. Scott has shown little interest and has spent no money in courting the Hispanic vote. Except for a less than 5 minute stop at Versailles restaurant in Miami for a cup of Cuban coffee. To which he admitted it as the first time he had a Cuban coffee. Someone should inform Mr. Scott about the influence of the Hispanic vote in Florida. To not recognize this, or ignore it altogether makes me wonder about his qualifications to serve all Floridians? Miami- Dade county alone is more than 60% Hispanic. They. along with all Hispanics across Florida deserve to know who he is?
To all voters across Florida, I urge them to look at the facts before going to the polls and registering your vote for Florida's next governor. We have the two very important races in the Gubernatorial and Senate race that will influence the political climate at a national level. I am tired of politicians that claim to be something that they are not, and that have no public service experience or accountability for their careers. Bill McCollum has for more than three decades served our nation and our state. He has served in the United States Navy and the Navy reserve. He has served 20 years in the United States Congress, and most recently as Florida’s Attorney General.
Bill McCollum’s record in the legal pursuit of justice as a Navy Jag (Justice Advocate General’s Corps), and his priorities as Attorney-general in consumer protection, combating Medicaid fraud ( contrary to the very essence of Rick Scott’s past), his efforts in improving security against terrorist threats in Florida, fighting crime and identifying theft are his platform for his campaign. These are the issues that separate Bill McCollum from Rick Scott. McCollum’s greatest imminent concern on the issues also are related to the oil spill in the Gulf and how it relates to Florida’s water quality, along with National Health care issues are further commitments that come from a man with a long history as a public servant. Bill McCollum is a man that has never been challenged for wrong doing, fraud or lies. He has never been anything other than honest and forthright, He has never had to make up excuses for anything that may have gone wrong on his watch during greater than 30 years of being a public servant.
Floridians need to get the facts before they go to the voting polls.
PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS. FLORIDA NEEDS BILL MCCOLLUM AS OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
Please read the facts about Rick Scott and his aspiration to be the next governor of Florida: In The recent article appeared in the Jacksonville Florida times-Union, (Digging into the details of Rick Scott and Columbia/HCA, Mark Wood's column that ran in Friday's paper: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2010-06-04/digging-details-rick-Scott-
I would like to express my personal opinions on the upcoming Florida Gubernatorial race. As a practicing physician for over 20 years and a lifelong citizen of Florida, I would like to voice my opinions to my friends, colleagues, and the editors of our newspaper and to the media in general in hope that my comments will expose the truth to the citizens of Florida before they go to the polls.
Who is Rick Scott, and what has been his public service record to qualify him as Governor of Florida? We know about his “self serving record “as CEO of Columbia/HCA. We know what they (HCA) did and their involvement in the largest medical fraud scheme in United States history. Mr. Scott claims that he will hold the government accountable for every dollar it spends..." That's what I've done in business,' his television ads say. "That what I'll do as governor."
What can Floridians really expect from Rick Scott as governor? Does a Zebra change its stripes or a Leopard its spots? If there is a place for Mr. Scott in Tallahassee, it should be in jail, along with his cronies at HCA. But Mr. Scott and HCA was able to buy their way out of jail time by paying 1.7 billion fines. Under the leadership of Rick Scott as CEO of HCA, they did the most despicable of all things in health care fraud. In quoting, the article above:" They used false diagnosis codes for patient records, inflating the government reimbursements. Paid illegal kickbacks to physicians. Creatively billed the government for everything from Kentucky Derby tickets to country club dues. Double-billed Medicare at nine south Florida hospitals." Does Rick Scott really think he can get Floridians to believe him and vote for him as the next governor of Florida? In Florida alone HCA, under his watch, “milked" the state and it's tax payers by double billing at 9 hospitals, and we should vote for him???
In his defense he states, as quoted: "Mistakes were made. He didn't’ know this was happening on his watch, but he takes responsibility for it. He has learned from it. He wants your vote." Someone please tell me this is a joke. Does he really think Floridians believe this?
In my opinion, if Mr. Scott, really wants to do something for our State, why not be a good citizen and donate any part of the millions of dollars that were bonuses to him when he left HCA and moved to Florida. I assume this kind of bonus was not for the guilt pf illegal fraud. He must have done something right to merit worth being rewarded so much money? Like maybe a huge profit from stealing from others and making HCA shareholders a profit?
If Mr. Scott really wants to do something for Florida, he may want to donate some of his HCA bonus money for a worthy cause. I hear that there is a real need to protect and clean up our shores from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.His donations may even give you a sense of "personal cleansing and feel good."
Rick Scott wants our vote, our trust and our forgiveness for having been at the helm of the largest medical fraud scandal in the history of our country,,, and all the repercussions it cost Americans beyond the 9 hospitals in Florida that were a part the historical national health care fraud... As I am sure BP wants our forgiveness, confidence and support to continue drilling off the shores of the most pristine beaches in our country. President Richard Nixon also regretted Watergate and asked Americans for forgiveness.
Personally. I do believe in forgiveness, when it is genuine, sincere and paid its debt. Rick Scott has failed to do any of these. We cannot trust people that have shown no demonstrable honesty, accountability or moral integrity. Why should Floridians trust Rick Scott?
What can Floridians expect from Rick Scott if elected governor? I pose the following question: "how many times will a man fool you, steal, and lie and commit fraud?" Answer: “As many times as he can get away with it.” Ask Madoff...remember that story?
Mr. Scott, has done enough damage during his tenure as CEO of HCA. How can he expect Floridians to vote for him based on his claim: "That's what I've done in business, and that's what I'll do as governor?" Where is the integrity of his leadership in business?
I understand that Mr. Scott has shown little interest and has spent no money in courting the Hispanic vote. Except for a less than 5 minute stop at Versailles restaurant in Miami for a cup of Cuban coffee. To which he admitted it as the first time he had a Cuban coffee. Someone should inform Mr. Scott about the influence of the Hispanic vote in Florida. To not recognize this, or ignore it altogether makes me wonder about his qualifications to serve all Floridians? Miami- Dade county alone is more than 60% Hispanic. They. along with all Hispanics across Florida deserve to know who he is?
To all voters across Florida, I urge them to look at the facts before going to the polls and registering your vote for Florida's next governor. We have the two very important races in the Gubernatorial and Senate race that will influence the political climate at a national level. I am tired of politicians that claim to be something that they are not, and that have no public service experience or accountability for their careers. Bill McCollum has for more than three decades served our nation and our state. He has served in the United States Navy and the Navy reserve. He has served 20 years in the United States Congress, and most recently as Florida’s Attorney General.
Bill McCollum’s record in the legal pursuit of justice as a Navy Jag (Justice Advocate General’s Corps), and his priorities as Attorney-general in consumer protection, combating Medicaid fraud ( contrary to the very essence of Rick Scott’s past), his efforts in improving security against terrorist threats in Florida, fighting crime and identifying theft are his platform for his campaign. These are the issues that separate Bill McCollum from Rick Scott. McCollum’s greatest imminent concern on the issues also are related to the oil spill in the Gulf and how it relates to Florida’s water quality, along with National Health care issues are further commitments that come from a man with a long history as a public servant. Bill McCollum is a man that has never been challenged for wrong doing, fraud or lies. He has never been anything other than honest and forthright, He has never had to make up excuses for anything that may have gone wrong on his watch during greater than 30 years of being a public servant.
Floridians need to get the facts before they go to the voting polls.
PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS. FLORIDA NEEDS BILL MCCOLLUM AS OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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