Comments on: Scott Takes On ‘Price Gouging’ At Hospitals; Wants Costs Posted Online

By: Eugene

Eugene — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:35:29 +0000

Gov should also in the spirit of transparency require these hospitals to file their IRS schedule H form 990 forms that are meant to be financial proof of hospitals’ charity activities currently almost non of the hospitals file this Schedule H even though IRS says it is required annually

By: native son

native son — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 05:28:12 +0000

Whatever Scott does is going to make liberals whine. The healthcare industry is scamming people and needs to be reined in. Santa Rosa Medical group just charged my wife $900 for a procedure that would have cost $178 at other nearby clinics if she had known to research prices. The whole test took less than an hour.

By: hotstuff

hotstuff — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 03:45:30 +0000

everyone of you people are complaining about him but i have one question ..
Why did the state vote him back in on a Second round as the Governor?

By: chillywilly

chillywilly — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:50:50 +0000

So Gov Rick Scott wants to post all procedures done at hospitals on the
Internet like he posted the salaries of all state employees on a website
Called Florida’s Right to Know .com but Gov Scott keeps all his income and assets hidden in a Blind Trust in his Wife’s name. He has one set of
Rules for everyone else and another for himself. There is no end to his
Hypocrisy. Where is Florida’s right to know about Gov Scotts income and assets. Gov Scott just settled lawsuits against him for violating
Florida Sunshine laws for open government for 1.3 million dollars and
Using our tax dollars to pay for it. Vetoes every project for Northwest
Florida then turns around and approves 2 million dollars for a sea wall
Around a golf course in south Florida. Vetoes a $ 2000 dollar a year
Raise for Florida state forestry firefighters when they only start with a
Base pay of $ 24 thousand dollars a year and they just sent a lot of them
Out to California , away from their families to fight Forrest fires.
So Sad, The worst Governor in State of Florida history. No Governor in
The history of Florida has ever used tax payer dollars to settle lawsuits
For circumventing Florida Sunshine Laws. For open government.

By: EP

EP — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:12:45 +0000

I went to West Florida a year and a half ago with a kidney stone they did
one cat scan
gave me one shot
gave me one pill
and took one urine sample

I was there maybe 1 and 1/2 hours I was told I had a 5 mm stone and that was it they charged a little over $9,000 dollars something has got to be done this is like legal robbery

By: shiloh

shiloh — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:32:31 +0000

Scott has to be an expert on price gouging. Mr. pled the fifth to hide what him and his “company” stole from SS.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:54:44 +0000

So let me get this straight he almost drove Columbia Health Group into the ground by fattening his own pockets and now he wants to be seen as the good guy hmmmm……

By: bill m

bill m — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:29:29 +0000

Yes it is, tg. If anyone is an expert on price gouging then it has to be Gov. Flim Flam! I used to think hospitals were charging 3 times more than they should because when someone dies and owes a lot to them, they would settle for a third of the bill. I found out it’s even worse. Got a 7K bill for a broken arm, Blue Cross paid $1400 and they called it even! That’s 20% of the bill they sent to me. Maybe Gov. Flim Flam can actually do something good if he brings out all the info on the triad extortion of the drug companies, insurance and hospital industries.

By: tg

tg — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:38:55 +0000

Boy is that calling the kettle black.