Florida Governor fighting Obama healthcare in court, signs up for GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE, $400 a year

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As wealthy as he is? A guy that pleaded the 5th, 75 times for bilking Medicare for over 4 BILLION DOLLARS? A guy who spent 70 million of his own money to buy a race? Is this a joke?

Scott pays $400 a year for health coverage | August 10, 2011 | The Associated Press | HT Politics

TALLAHASSEE

Gov. Rick Scott, a critic of the federal health care overhaul, is paying less than $400 a year for health insurance for himself and his wife.

While Scott is accepting no salary for his job as governor, the multimillionaire and former hospital chain executive chose to enroll in the taxpayer-subsidized health insurance plan offered by the state of Florida. Scott is among nearly 32,000 people in state government who pay relatively low health insurance premiums. It’s a perk that is available to high-ranking state officials, including those in top management at all state agencies. Nearly all 160 state legislators are also enrolled in the program that costs just $8.34 a month for individual coverage and $30 a month for family coverage.

Brian Burgess, a spokesman for Scott, confirmed the governor and his wife are enrolled in the state health insurance plan, but refused to discuss why Scott signed up. He called the governor’s health care coverage “private matters.”

The health insurance coverage provided to Scott used to be free for top state officials until 2010. Rank-and-file state workers pay $50 a month for individual coverage and $180 a month for family coverage. Married couples working in state government also pay the same amount as Scott and legislators.

More at link...http://htpolitics.com:80/2011/08/10/scott-pays-400-a-year-for-health-coverage/
:grr:

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1. This should be kicked....into MSM. It can only help our single payer healthcare debate!

[Firebrand Gary]

2. K&R...

Healthcare for all.

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5. Thanks!

[glinda]

3. Kick.

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4. Thanks, this Klown is on MSM every night as a jackass, I'd think they'd want to discuss this?

[WCGreen]

6. What a putz....

K&R

[SugarShack]

15. Yes, demand every elected official that disagrees with government healthcare, they give it up!

THAT SHOULD BE THE CAMPAIGN. PUT THEM INTO OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, MEDICARE AND SOC SEC.

That could be the whole campaign!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. highlight it all over the media

[SugarShack]

8. Exactly...send it to all of your media links!

[Horse with no Name]

9. $400 a year. I pay more than that in a month.

:(

[Cerridwen]

10. I guess grover doesn't have a pledge for not taking or benefitting from the

very government they're trying to "drown"?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. He is a fucking hypocrite!

Goddamn him.

[SugarShack]

12. Exactly, the worst type of person! Everyone needs to get real mad about this!

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13. Come on everyone!! I'd pay more than that happily.

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14. If everyone, focused on the healthcare gov officials receive, it would scare the shit out of them!

Imagine, one organized theme. The healthcare they receive. The healthcare they NEVER MENTION.

Not even during a crises! When they act like they are trying to fix it...why do they never mention what seems to be working for them?????

[upi402]

16. Most abusers of safety net programs are Republicans

They are uniformly 100% duped by the 5,000,000 TV's with 15 cable news channels each - all airing the same damn propaganda. Some are union workers and can't put 2 & 2 together as to why they're doing well.

[SugarShack]

17. Largest fraud settlement in US history! check it out here:

Rick Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other ... by far the
largest fraud settlement in US history.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott

and he is trying to stop those who want obama healthcare in the state. and he offers no replacement, unlike Vermont.

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18. I hoped this gets kicked back up in the morning....this should be all over the TV!!!

[Fuddnik]

19. Kick and Rec!

Fuck that hypocritical scum.

But sadly, Floridians are so stoopid, they'll vote for him again.

[thecrow]

20. Recc'd

and Kicked!

There are no words for this. Absolutely an abuse of power.

[ebayfool]

21. !

kicking for morning eyes!

[TeamsterDem]

22. How ridiculous. When will voters learn what hypocrites these guys are? n/t

[indurancevile]

23. well, that fact should get him recalled in florida. jesus, is there no end to their hypocrisy?

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27. Florida does NOT have a recall law for the state executive level.

They do at the municiple level...but not for Gov!! A LONE democrat in Fla did try to introduce a bill to have a recall law on the state level...but those darn repubs in charge down there did not like that idea! They can impeach...

[indurancevile]

29. too bad for floridians. i doubt that being a welfare-sucking fraud is grounds for impeachment.

[cutlassmama]

24. KandR

[AzDar]

25. K & R

:kick:

[cyberpj]

26. kicked again. n/t

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28. The Florida Governor has NINE law suits filed against him for crazy stuff!

Like wanted to narrow down to TWO people that check the text book content for schools. Two people cannot do that. They cannot review all of the books in time,,,you know the books printed in Texas where he came from? And, he also wants to be the one to pick these two "klowns" who will rubber stamp the school text books coming from TX. That is one of the nine lawsuits.

Floridian's are weary.

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30. Please keep kicked....we can turn up real heat over this...

[Rex]

31. Criminals get away with crime, it is the American way now.

Excuse me, white collar criminals like Rick Scott get away with crime...it is the American way now.

[marions ghost]

33. white collar crime

is killing this country. And just in monetary terms it is FAR more costly than street crime.

Americans are crazy to put up with this kind of exploitation.

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32. Hope this comes up during the healthcare segment of the Iowa debate!

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34. I sent to MSNBC, and posted here first. They emailed me...and they used it on Al Sharpton! ConJob!

Al's con job segment.