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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do we make out of Rick Scott's misreadings?
Vacant instead of patient and fertility instead of fatality.
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Hassin Bin Sober
(26,350 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,926 posts)People get their tongues tangled when under stress, or when trying to read text quickly, which is what he seems to be doing.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)Aside from the fumbled words, his speed made it hard for me to follow what he was saying. Was he pressured because of stress, or was he so limited in time that he had to talk that fast?
B2G
(9,766 posts)FarPoint
(12,472 posts)Comcast, Verizon, Gas Buddy...etc...
cwydro
(51,308 posts)What is your problem with that?
FarPoint
(12,472 posts)Just felt " different"...and after two years of corporate manlipulation and tRump...such things stand out so much more...
greyl
(22,990 posts)Put a sloppy thinker under stress and they will not get more careful.
I tried to listen but it was hard.... I'm forever damaged and distrustful of these Republicans....but I did try to listen as it was important and actually what we are stuck with...
lapfog_1
(29,234 posts)don't like him at all but I would cut him a break on fumbling some words right now
avebury
(10,953 posts)it seems like he is doing a decent job preparing for Irma. It does not matter how sits in the Governor's chair, you always hope that the Governor steps up and works will all groups to prepare for events like this. I would cut Scott some slack. He is providing a pretty detailed announcement on what the state is doing to prepare, what they have requested and steps that have been taken to try to protect the people as mush as possible.
clu
(494 posts)which sucks i'm sure he was competent stealing money from medicare
B2G
(9,766 posts)so that lives can be saved. That would really suck.
clu
(494 posts)after watching Harvey wreck Houston. i agree saving lives is good but let's not pretend he's white superfly
B2G
(9,766 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,775 posts)Because they do not want regulation they will ignore the science. So everything becomes crisis-oriented. Which is fine with them because there is profit in chaos when you're the dominating force.
ornotna
(10,807 posts)It's like listening to Woody Woodpecker trying to give a speech.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I'm not a fan of his but he has a huge job to do and I'll cut him some slack about misspeaking.
BannonsLiver
(16,539 posts)See: W at the school reading the children's book just after he was informed of the 9/11 attacks. At their core, the vast majority of conservatives are cowards.
Baitball Blogger
(46,775 posts)using their positions to abuse the local communities; and they have gotten away with it consistently. The FBI Corruption unit and the State Attorney's Office have done shit all nothing to interfere with the lopsided way that Florida operates, but when there is massive loss of life and property, people will finally wake up and want to blame someone. Rick Scott is the most likely person.
mcar
(42,426 posts)Speech impediment or cognitive issues. And we have to rely on him through this mess.
spanone
(135,915 posts)Eight days after the initial raid, Scott signed his last SEC report as a hospital executive before resigning. He was succeeded by Thomas F. Frist Jr.[30] Four months later the board of directors pressured Scott to resign as Chairman and CEO.[31] He was paid $9.88 million in a settlement, and left owning 10 million shares of stock worth over $350 million.[32][33][34] The directors had been warned in the company's annual public reports to stockholders that incentives Columbia/HCA offered doctors could run afoul of a federal anti-kickback law passed in order to limit or eliminate instances of conflicts of interest in Medicare and Medicaid.[30]
In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in the largest fraud settlement in U.S. history. Columbia/HCA admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, by striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and by filing false data about use of hospital space. They also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA. They filed false cost reports, fraudulently billing Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients. In addition, they gave doctors "loans" never intending to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.[4][5][6][7][8]
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.[35] In all, civil lawsuits cost HCA more than $2 billion to settle; at the time this was the largest fraud settlement in U.S. history.[36][37]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott
joshcryer
(62,280 posts)You will most certainly be stuck for days without water, electricity, internet, and may die.
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