Rick Scott Calling Obamacare a “Disaster” Is Ironic

The Man Lecturing America on Health Care Ran One of the Largest Medicare Fraud Schemes in U.S. History

Senator Rick Scott wants you to believe he’s the defender of “freedom” in health care.
He’s back on the stump saying:

“Everyone knows Obamacare is a disaster. I’m working with the president to fix it... give Americans an open health care system where they have the freedom to get the care they need.”

But here’s the part he never mentions when he’s wagging his finger at Washington:

Rick Scott’s own hospital corporation, HCA, defrauded Medicare and Medicaid at historic levels—so badly that the company ended up paying a staggering $2 billion in fines.

This isn’t a political talking point. This isn’t partisan spin.
This is documented federal fraud.

And the man behind it now wants to lecture America about what “freedom” in health care looks like.

75 Times. That’s How Often Scott Invoked the Fifth.

When federal investigators looked into HCA’s scheme—a scheme that included coding fraud, kickbacks, and inflated billing—Rick Scott didn’t defend his company’s actions.
He didn’t claim innocence.

He invoked the Fifth Amendment.

Seventy-five separate times.

Most Americans don’t get to commit massive fraud, clam up behind a Fifth Amendment shield, dodge prison, and walk away with a golden parachute.

But Scott did.

A $300 Million Exit Package for a CEO Overseeing Fraud

While HCA paid billions, Scott paid nothing.
Instead, the board handed him a $300 million retirement package—a payout so massive it became the springboard for his political career.

He used that money to buy a governor’s mansion.
He used that money to buy a Senate seat.
And now he uses that platform to tell working Americans that the real “disaster” is the health care law that protects people from being bankrupted by a preexisting condition.

The Guy Who Oversaw Fraud Now Wants to “Fix” Your Health Care

Let’s be clear:

This is not a man who fought for patients.
This is not a man who believes in transparent, affordable health care.
This is a man who ran a corporation that stole from the very programs millions of seniors rely on—and then claimed he’s the one who can fix the system.

When Rick Scott talks about an “open health care system,” what he really means is an unregulated playground where corporations can do whatever they want while patients pray their insurance doesn’t disappear the moment they get sick.

Because if Scott had his way:

• Medicare would be privatized.

• Obamacare would be gutted.

• Seniors would pay more.

• The sick would pay most.

And the same profit-driven system that made him rich would be unleashed all over again.

The Real Disaster Isn’t Obamacare—It’s Letting People Like Rick Scott Near Health Policy

The Affordable Care Act has flaws—everyone knows that.
But it also expanded coverage, protected preexisting conditions, and made health care less of a financial death sentence.

Rick Scott did the opposite.
He enriched himself.
He left taxpayers holding the bag.
And now he stands in front of cameras pretending to be the adult in the room.

If there’s one person in American politics who does not get to lecture the country on health care ethics, it’s the man whose company committed one of the largest health care frauds in U.S. history.

Obamacare isn’t the disaster here.

Rick Scott’s record is.

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