Anti-Health Care Reform Chairman Once Defrauded Government Out Of Hundreds Of Millions

Some would call this ironic, some would call it outrageous, some fitting. I'll just call it what it looks like. Sleazy.

Once Forced to Resign in Massive Fraud Case, Rick Scott Reborn as Leader of Anti-Healthcare Reform Lobby with the Conservative Patients' Rights Action Fund

Christopher Hayes at The Nation said:
Having Scott lead the charge against healthcare reform is like tapping Bernie Madoff to campaign against tighter securities regulation. You see, the for-profit hospital chain Scott helped found--the one he ran and built his entire reputation on--was discovered to be in the habit of defrauding the government out of hundreds of millions of dollars.


And here's the old fraud himself:


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