Rick Scott's many conflicts of interest

Grifter gov. rick Scott's old company, Solantic, primarily deals with people who have high premiums or no insurance. The main competitor for Solantic are publicly-funded state clinics run by the Florida Department of Health.  Scott's budget proposal cuts ALL funding to these clinics!
 

Some political observers person pointed out the irony of him wanting pill mills to stay open while completely eliminating clinics that help the poorest Floridians.      

With the elimination of the state clinics, Solantic profits will explode.  Scoot did not transfer his Solantic assets to a blind trust like Federal officials are required to do. He gave his Solantic assets to his wife. 
 

Gov. Scott wants to require all recipients of Medicaid to join an HMO. Shades of Hillarycare! 

By pure coincidence, Rick Scott's wife's company doesn't accept Medicaid, but Solantic does accept private Medicaid HMO reimbursements! (ca-ching)

No conflict of interest there.
 

If you watched Jon Stewart's hilarious take on Rick Scott last Thursday, the man signed an executive order requiring random drug testing of state employees at least once a quarter along
with all applicants for state jobs. 

He is also pushing the right-wing legislature to use drug test harassment for another group the GOP hates...welfare recipients.

We are talking hundreds of thousands of Floridians here going to clinics several times  a year at least to get these tests.  Hey, guess what clinic offers drug testing as a primary service??  Rhymes with Atlantic!
 

The Palm Beach Post did a great article on the grifter-governor..  Although Gov. Mr. Burns hates "Obamacare", he is intensively lobbying for a massive federal block grant from a state waiver that the Act allows. The article says this type of grant is worth billions.
 

Grifter Rick's health policy adviser, Michael Cannon, said it would be in the form of health vouchers that consumers can use as cash for direct-pay medical care.  This benefits particular clinics where patients like to pay cash.  

Clinics like, (wait for it) like Solantic? OK, I think you are getting the point now.

Thankfully, our Florida Commission on Ethics has to decide whetherthat last one is a conflict of interest.  Yes, that commission.  

By the way, the commission has 9 members... 5 of which are picked by the governor.  So... ya know.  Just count on them to do the right thing.

sources: From: Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics
Subject: Rick Scott, the criminal governor of Floriduh, is setting up state health clinics to be run by a company that he owns (oh, wait, he turned over the stock to his wife -- guess that makes it okay)
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:22:03 -0400

The original article appeared in the Daily KOS. 

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