Chris Labruzzo was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott of HCA / Colombia who was involved in the largest defrauding of health care and hospital patients, and got away with it to serve as FL Gov and now US Senator.
Columbia later merged with another corporation to form Columbia/HCA, which eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the United States.[7] Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs. The Department of Justice ultimately fined the company $1.7 billion in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.[8] Scott was not charged with any crime.[9] Following his departure from Columbia/HCA, Scott became a venture capitalist and pursued other business interests.
HCA went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1969 followed by a substantial growth period for the next two decades. The company was ranked No. 67 in the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[4]
In 1993, lawsuits were filed against HCA by former employees who drew attention to the company's questionable billing practices to Medicare for hundreds of millions of dollars.[5] Some of the allegations included charging the government costs for running its hospitals, paying kickbacks to physicians for referrals, and unlawfully charging for costs involving wound care facilities. A federal probe ensued, spanning nearly a decade, and culminated in 2003 with "the government receiving a total of over $2 billion in criminal fines and civil penalties for systematically defrauding federal health care programs."[6] The federal probe has been referred to as the longest and costliest investigation for health-care fraud in U.S. history.
In June 2018, Scott opposed the Trump administration family separation policy, which involved separating children from their parents, relatives, or other adults who accompanied them in crossing the border, sending the parents to federal jails and placing children and infants under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a letter to United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Scott wrote: "I have been very clear that I absolutely do not agree with the practice of separating children from their families. This practice needs to stop now."[149][150]
BUT THEN FUCKING PAYS FOR THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S DETAINMENT CENTER:
Scott's administration awarded Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHSi) a tax incentive package of $600,000 to expand in Cape Canaveral, Florida. CHSi runs the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children which detains minor migrants, including those separated from families at the border.[151]
The state of Florida doesn't license the facility, so it is not regulated by child welfare authorities. The Office of Refugee Resettlement argues that because the center is classified as temporary, it does not need to be licensed and there is no maximum length of time children can be held there. It is also a secure facility, in violation of the settlement. Children described being monitored constantly and accompanied to the bathroom. They said they feared being deported or sent to jail if they tried to escape. They are afraid to even voice their desire to leave.
...AND HAS MANY RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE:
Florida officials received a report in May of alleged child sexual abuse at the Homestead migrant shelter, marking the seventh report of such abuse at the controversial federal facility.
Of the seven reports received by the state about alleged abuse at the facility, two involved caregivers, one involving a staff member and another a legal guardian of a minor, state records show.
“The Homestead facility has discretion to allow DCF to conduct child protective investigations as we do not have jurisdiction,” Smith told the News Service in March when the first six reports came to light.
DCF was allowed to investigate the reports alleging caregivers had sexually abused children. Those probes determined there were no “indicators” of abuse, records show.
When the state received reports of the five other cases, which involved child-on-child sexual abuse allegations, including the latest report in May, the allegations were referred to the federal government because of the jurisdiction issues.
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ORDOTEMPLIINTERNETIS ago
Chris Labruzzo was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott of HCA / Colombia who was involved in the largest defrauding of health care and hospital patients, and got away with it to serve as FL Gov and now US Senator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HCA_Healthcare
SCOTT OPPOSES KIDS IN CAGES FOR THE PRESS:
BUT THEN FUCKING PAYS FOR THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S DETAINMENT CENTER:
Scott's administration awarded Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHSi) a tax incentive package of $600,000 to expand in Cape Canaveral, Florida. CHSi runs the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children which detains minor migrants, including those separated from families at the border.[151]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott
...WHICH IS UNREGULATED BY CHILD WELFARE:
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/lawyers-say-homestead-shelter-for-migrant-children-violates-20-day-rule-under-flores-agreement-11185746
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/children-at-the-homestead-migrant-shelter-in-miami-share-stories-11199439
...AND HAS MANY RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE:
https://www.wlrn.org/post/seventh-sex-abuse-allegation-homestead-children-migrant-shelter-surfaces
ORDOTEMPLIINTERNETIS ago
CBS MIAMI NEWS VIDEO RE SEX ABUSE AT HOMESTEAD: https://cbsloc.al/2ItAHUu