The Shameful Case of Rick Scott and Healthcare Fraud

This is the story, not so much of Rick Scott, but his company Colombia/HCA, at its height the ninth largest employer in America and the biggest healthcare company in the world. It committed massive systematic fraud, which ended with what was the largest fraud settlement in US history. Bribes for doctors, turning away the sick, stealing from the taxpayer. You don't get rich from helping the needy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GeorgRockallSchmidt Leave a tip: paypal.me/GeorgRockallSchmidt Twitter: https://twitter.com/grockallschmidt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100025678273449 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grockallschmidt.bsky.social Sources Former Hospital CEO Rick Scott Leads Opposition to Obama on Health Care https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051002243.html Hospital Corporation of America: Learning from Past Mistakes? https://harbert.auburn.edu/binaries/documents/center-for-ethical-organizational-cultures/cases/hca.pdf Crist says Scott pleaded Fifth 75 times 'to avoid jail' https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/sep/25/charlie-crist/crist-says-scott-pleaded-fifth-75-times-avoid-jail/ Rick Scott and the fraud case of Columbia/HCA https://www.politifact.com/article/2010/jun/11/rick-scott-and-fraud-case-columbiahca/ US settles biggest ever healthcare fraud case https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1119297/ LARGEST HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASE IN U.S. HISTORY SETTLED HCA INVESTIGATION NETS RECORD TOTAL OF $1.7 BILLION https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2003/June/03_civ_386.htm Civil Agreement – DOJ https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/civil/legacy/2014/04/18/HCA%20Co.%202000.pdf What You Don't Know about Ann Scott https://web.archive.org/web/20141107110827/https://www.gulfshorelife.com/February-2014/What-You-Dont-Know-About-Ann-Scott/