Conservatives for Patients Rights
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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.
