Articles in Category: 'Columbia/HCA'

Special Taxing Districts Next Target for Governor

By: Jim Turner | Posted: December 12, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: All Children’s Hospital, Columbia/HCA, David Simmons, Florida State University, FSU, Jackson Memorial Hospital, JD Alexander, Joe Negron, John Thrasher, Medicaid, Nan Rich, News, Rick Scott, Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, Senate Budget Committee, Western Michigan University, Politics

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Hospital Districts' Future Could Be in Voters' Hands

By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: November 8, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Columbia/HCA, David Ross, Dominic Calabro, Florida Commission on Review of Taxpayer Funded Hospital Districts, Florida Hospital Waterman, Florida TaxWatch, Kenneth Mattison, Larry Metz, News, R. Paul Duncan, Rick Scott, Tenet Healthcare, University of Florida, Government

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Public Hospital Debate Set to Return

By: Jim Saunders News Service of Florida | Posted: October 5, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Adventist Health System, Bert Fish Medical Center, Columbia/HCA, Commission on Review of Taxpayer Funded Hospital Districts, Don Gaetz, Eleanor Sobel, Florida Hospital Association, Florida Senate, Health Regulation Committee, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jim Norman, News, Rene Garcia, Rick Scott, Volusia County, Politics

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Sunshine State News Marks Breakthrough First Year

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: March 14, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Columbia Hospital Corp., Columbia/HCA, Everglades, Jeb Bush, Jeff Kottkamp, Jim Greer, Marco Rubio, Mike Bennett, News, Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, SB 6, Scott Rothstein, U.S. Sugar Corp., Voter Survey Service, Columns

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Gov. Rick Scott: An Outsider Tries to Tame Tallahassee

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: October 21, 2010 4:05 AM

In his heart of hearts, Rick Scott would probably rather govern from Naples than from Tallahassee.

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Scott, McCollum: Strange Bedfellows on Health Care

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 16, 2010 12:05 AM

Bill McCollum's offensive against Rick Scott's well-publicized "mistakes" at Columbia/HCA is shining a light on McCollum's own health-care record in Congress.

Anyone who's been paying attention to the increasingly acrimonious Republican gubernatorial campaign knows by now that Scott was chairman and CEO of the HCA hospital chain when it was fined $1.7 billion by federal authorities.

TAGS: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill McCollum, Business, Columbia/HCA, Conservatives for Patient Rights, fraud, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Medicare, News, Rick Scott, Politics

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Scott, McCollum Battle Over Jobs

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 10, 2010 11:47 AM

The race for Florida's Republican gubernatorial nomination -- in which billionaire Rick Scott has soared to an overnight, 13-point lead -- may have narrowed to one question: Which candidate would be better for the state's economy?

Scott touts his experience as president and CEO of hospital giant Columbia/HCA and signs off his omnipresent TV ads with the challenge, "Let's get to work."