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{{stub}}{{front groups}}'''Conservatives for Patients Rights''' is a [[front group]] organized in 2009 by [[Richard Scott]] to fight U.S. president [[Barack Obama]]'s proposals for health reform. According to the ''Politico'' news site, Scott has raised $20 million to fight health care reform.<ref>{{cite news | author = Jonathan Martin | title = Group launches health care offensive | url = http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19542.html | date = March 3, 2009 | publisher = Politico.com }}</ref> | {{stub}}{{front groups}}'''Conservatives for Patients Rights''' is a [[front group]] organized in 2009 by [[Richard Scott]] to fight U.S. president [[Barack Obama]]'s proposals for health reform. According to the ''Politico'' news site, Scott has raised $20 million to fight health care reform.<ref>{{cite news | author = Jonathan Martin | title = Group launches health care offensive | url = http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19542.html | date = March 3, 2009 | publisher = Politico.com }}</ref> | ||
| − | Maggie Mahar at the Century Foundation's Health Beat blog reports that Scott previously started the for-profit hospital chain in 1987 that later became the $23 billion Columbia/HCA. He was ousted from this post in 1997 after an FBI investigation of Columbia/HCA that led to 14 felony convictions and $1.7 billion in criminal and civil fines for Medicare fraud.<ref>{{cite news | author = Maggie Mahar | title Who Is Richard Scott -- and Why Is He Saying These Things about Health Care Reform? | url = http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2009/03/who-is-richard-scott-and-why-is-he-saying-these-things-about-healthcare-reform.html | date = March 3, 2009 | publisher = Health Beat }}</ref> | + | Maggie Mahar at the Century Foundation's Health Beat blog reports that Scott previously started the for-profit hospital chain in 1987 that later became the $23 billion Columbia/HCA. He was ousted from this post in 1997 after an FBI investigation of Columbia/HCA that led to 14 felony convictions and $1.7 billion in criminal and civil fines for Medicare fraud.<ref>{{cite news | author = Maggie Mahar | title = Who Is Richard Scott -- and Why Is He Saying These Things about Health Care Reform? | url = http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2009/03/who-is-richard-scott-and-why-is-he-saying-these-things-about-healthcare-reform.html | date = March 3, 2009 | publisher = Health Beat }}</ref> |
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Conservatives for Patients Rights is a front group organized in 2009 by Richard Scott to fight U.S. president Barack Obama's proposals for health reform. According to the Politico news site, Scott has raised $20 million to fight health care reform.[1]
Maggie Mahar at the Century Foundation's Health Beat blog reports that Scott previously started the for-profit hospital chain in 1987 that later became the $23 billion Columbia/HCA. He was ousted from this post in 1997 after an FBI investigation of Columbia/HCA that led to 14 felony convictions and $1.7 billion in criminal and civil fines for Medicare fraud.[2]
References
- ↑ Jonathan Martin (March 3, 2009). "Group launches health care offensive", Politico.com.
- ↑ Maggie Mahar (March 3, 2009). "Who Is Richard Scott -- and Why Is He Saying These Things about Health Care Reform?", Health Beat.
