Monday, May 11, 2009
Politics / Woods Health Care Enemy No. 1: Rick Scott Leads Fight Against Obama Reforms
Posted by Jeff Woods on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:14 PM
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. This is the man who will be delivering what Politico called the "pro-free-market message." Congressman Pete Stark, a veteran of the last bruising round of fighting over healthcare reform, remembers Scott all too well. Stark recently sent his colleagues a letter hoping to refresh their memories. Calling Scott a "swindler," the letter said, "If he is the conservative spokesperson against healthcare reform, there is no debate."Here's the Wonk Room's review of Scott's group's $20 million TV and radio ad campaign. By the way, it's coordinated by the PR firm that brought us the Swift Boat ads.
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I think that picture of Bredesen may pre-date his political days and go back to when he and Clayton McWhorter, also in the background of the Rachel Madow footage, were themselves for-profit managed care execs. I'd be curious to know.
Whatever the Bredesen context, which is wonderfully gossipy, I applaud the Swifties for their excellent choice of spokesman. A real doozy. Maybe we'll finally get decent health care in this country.
Dean? WTF? Need your meds adjusted?
The NY Times ran a piece on Scott's role as spokesman several weeks ago, maybe longer. According to that article, even a number of people who are going to be lining up against healthcare reform were puzzled and unhappy with the choice of Scott as a waterboy for their side.
Since some people in the US want to use waterboarding to get to to "TRUTH" I suggest that we try this on Mr. Scott to see if he believes what he says is true or possibly not. We should see this live and also recorded so anyone who has missed it can see it later. I wonder what he will say?
