Jeb Bush takes stage instead of Scott.

[monmouth]

http://www.postonpolitics.com/2010/10/spin-room-surprise-jeb-bush-meets-the-press-after-debate-rick-scott-doesnt/

Sink now at 44, Scott at 40$. Full article at link.


Spin-room surprise: Jeb Bush meets the press after debate, Rick Scott doesn’t
by George Bennett | October 8th, 2010

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MIAMI — Republican governor candidate Rick Scott ducked a post-debate gaggle with reporters after today’s Univision debate against Democrat Alex Sink.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush took the stage instead to talk to reporters.

Asked why he was facing the press instead of Scott, Bush said, “I don’t know.”

Bush, who supported Bill McCollum in the GOP primary, said he’ll vote for Scott in the general election “because I think we need an outside-the-box thinker to get the eocnomy back on track.”

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1. rick scott...

Columbia/HCA fraud cases

Numerous New York Times stories, beginning in 1996, began scrutinizing Columbia/HCA's business and Medicare billing practices. These culminated in the company being raided by Federal agents searching for documents.<13>

Among the crimes uncovered were doctors being offered financial incentives to bring in patients, falsifying diagnostic codes to increase reimbursements from Medicare and other government programs, and billing the government for unnecessary lab tests.<14> Scott was never charged with any wrongdoing. In 1999, Columbia/HCA changed its name back to HCA, Inc.

In 2001, HCA reached a plea agreement with the U.S. government that avoided criminal charges against the company and included $95 million in fines.<4> In late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the U.S. government $631 million, plus interest, and pay $17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $250 million paid up to that point to resolve outstanding Medicare expense claims.<15> In all, civil law suits cost HCA more than $1.7 billion to settle, including more than $500 million paid in 2003 to two whistleblowers.<4> HCA wound up paying fines and settlements totaling $1.7 billion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_scott

[monmouth]

2. I loved how Jeb was attempting to cover for Scott. Nothing personal

on Scott, it was business. The mafia talks like that too Jeb...LOL.

[Octafish]

3. Bush Family Motto

"I don't know."