Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
5/1/14
Gov. Rick Scott Gets Schooled by Seniors While Trying To Hawk Obamacare Horror Stories
www.politicususa.com/2014/04/30/gov-rick-scott-hawks-obamacare-horror-stories-schooled-seniors.html
"With 14 felonies of Medicare fraud under his belt as head of Columbia/HCA Healthcare, Rick Scott knows Mediscare. But when he tried to pull his horror story games on seniors, they weren’t buying it. Chalk this group of seniors up as yet another group that aren’t buying the GOP Horror Show con."
"With 14 felonies of Medicare fraud under his belt as head of Columbia/HCA Healthcare, Rick Scott knows Mediscare. But when he tried to pull his horror story games on seniors, they weren’t buying it. Chalk this group of seniors up as yet another group that aren’t buying the GOP Horror Show con."
4/28/14
PERRspectives: The GOP Has Made the Red State Health Care Deficit Worse
PERRspectives: The GOP Has Made the Red State Health Care Deficit Worse
"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McCrory's North Carolina."
"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McCrory's North Carolina."
4/13/14
Republican Governors and Legislatures Are Killing People by Not Expanding Medicaid
Republican Governors and Legislatures Are Killing People by Not Expanding Medicaid
"Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and the Republican legislature in Florida are likely responsible for the death of 32-year-old Charlene Dill, a mother of three separated from her husband. Dill did everything the anti-poor warriors in DC demands of those with limited money: She worked three jobs, budgeted her expenses and cared for her children. But she couldn't afford adequate medical care."
"Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) and the Republican legislature in Florida are likely responsible for the death of 32-year-old Charlene Dill, a mother of three separated from her husband. Dill did everything the anti-poor warriors in DC demands of those with limited money: She worked three jobs, budgeted her expenses and cared for her children. But she couldn't afford adequate medical care."
8/28/13
Florida Congressman Visits A Cancer Research Center, Gets An Earful About Damaging Sequester Cuts
Florida Congressman Visits A Cancer Research Center, Gets An Earful About Damaging Sequester Cuts: "Less money is less science. It's as simple as that," frustrated cancer researchers told Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL).
8/16/13
GOP Congressman Gets Fact Checked By His Own Constituents On Obamacare: ‘Stop Lying!’
GOP Congressman Gets Fact Checked By His Own Constituents On Obamacare: ‘Stop Lying!’: Rep. Daniel Webster received heated pushback at a town hall in Florida this week. Turns out the people in his district aren't too impressed with his talking points about why he wants to get rid of Obamacare.
1/9/13
Rick Scott Used Fake Medicaid Numbers To Veto ACA Expansion - Updated
Rick Scott Used Fake Medicaid Numbers To Veto ACA Expansion - Updated
"This is the state governed by the man who bilked so much from Medicare that his company was forced to agree to a $1.7 billion fine, which represented only a fraction of what he actually stole. Yet, voters elected him, and now they're stuck with Governor Gollum, who thinks it's just too expensive to cover poor people in his state and would rather leave them in a gutter to die."
"This is the state governed by the man who bilked so much from Medicare that his company was forced to agree to a $1.7 billion fine, which represented only a fraction of what he actually stole. Yet, voters elected him, and now they're stuck with Governor Gollum, who thinks it's just too expensive to cover poor people in his state and would rather leave them in a gutter to die."
1/8/13
Florida Governor Inflates Cost Of Medicaid Expansion By 2,600% To Avoid Implementing Obamacare
Florida Governor Inflates Cost Of Medicaid Expansion By 2,600% To Avoid Implementing Obamacare: Internal email messages uncovered by Health News Florida reveal that Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) is knowingly citing inaccurate cost estimates to justify his refusal to expand Florida’s Medicaid program. Though the governor’s office is fully aware that the numbers are wrong, Scott continues to use them anyway, the documents show. Florida, which has one of [...]/p
11/16/12
Expanding Medicaid Would Save Florida $100 Million Per Year
Expanding Medicaid Would Save Florida $100 Million Per Year: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has been an outspoken opponents of President Obama’s landmark health reform law over the past year. Back in July, he announced that his state would not be setting up a health insurance exchange or expanding the Medicaid program under Obamacare, even though his state has some of the worst rates [...]/p
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