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THREAD: 1/ Florida Gov. Rick Scott has blood on his hands from nursing home patients who died after #HurricaneIrma miamiherald.com/news/weather/h…
2/ Florida is what happens when the CEO behind one of the largest Medicare frauds in history runs the government. politifact.com/florida/statem…
3/ Scott has worked tirelessly to deregulate businesses that are supposed to protect our most vulnerable residents. miamiherald.com/news/weather/a…
4/ One of Scott’s first acts as Florida governor was to fire the man who provided oversight on the nursing home industry for 8 years.
5/ @FLGOPMajority @FlSenate @MyFLHouse @FloridaGOP share the blame. They gutted regulations and curtailed accountability.
6/ Under the guise of being “business friendly,” they enabled the abuse, neglect, rape and killing of Florida's elderly & infirm for profit.
7/ They have known for years about the dangerous conditions in many nursing homes and ALFs and done nothing. miamiherald.com/news/special-r…
8/ @AHCA_FL covered it up by hiding reports so the public can't know the truth about bad facilities where our family and friends live.
9/ After bad publicity last week @AHCA_FL walked it back but it’s only a half measure that still covers up bad homes miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…
10/ Nursing home owner @JMichelMD paid $15.4M to settle health care fraud claims involving assistant living homes local10.com/weather/hurric…
11/ Florida let him practice medicine, run hospitals, nursing homes, etc. @HealthyFL took no further action. palmbeachpost.com/news/new-owner…
12/ @MiamiDadeCounty Commission and @MayorGimenez gave a $5M tax-funded grant to this known fraudster because Miami
13/ The nursing home's prior CEO got 25 years for a massive $67M Medicare fraud conspiracy. It has long been a Sunny Place For Shady People.
14/ The nursing home, owned by @LarkinHospital was known to both federal and state authorities as a subpar facility. nbcnews.com/storyline/hurr…
15/ Despite being “below-average” in quality, they are "30% higher than the FL average" in the prices they charge. miamiherald.com/news/weather/h…
16/ 10+ years ago, Florida's nursing home lobby changed a law that would have prevented this latest tragedy. Lawmakers bent over for them.
17/ The nursing home called Scott’s cell at least 3 times for help starting 36 hours before the first person died. miami.cbslocal.com/2017/09/15/ric…
18/ Scott deleted their voicemails, destroying public records that are evidence in a criminal investigation. miami.cbslocal.com/2017/09/22/nur…
19/ We’ll never know the whole truth because Scott illegally uses private email to secretly conduct state business. tampabay.com/news/politics/…
20/ "Fiscal conservative" Scott broke public records law, used $1M in public cash to fight & settle 7 lawsuits. We've never seen the emails.
21/ Also, Florida’s “top cop," Attorney General Pam Bondi, has been bought and paid for by Trump. nytimes.com/2016/09/15/us/…
22/ The CEO/oligarch model of government is a vision Scott and Trump share: privatize, subsidize and brutalize -- with no oversight. #MAGA
23/ No regulations, accountability or transparency; companies kill people for profit. That's Scott/Trump's America. cnn.com/2017/09/14/pol…
24/ Now Scott plans/hopes to run for Senate in 2018 and polls have him TIED with Democratic incumbent @SenBillNelson sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/…
25/ Societies should be judged by how we treat those among us who cannot defend themselves. How will we be judged?
26/ To the victims and their loved ones: Florida failed you. America failed you. We failed you. I am so sorry. Any of us could be you.
27/ RIP Carolyn Eatherly: born in Kentucky, dreamed of being a painter, loved Disney World and the Florida Keys sun-sentinel.com/news/hollywood…
28/ RIP Gail Nova: left the Jersey Shore to attend the University of Miami; loved to play cards and listen to music sun-sentinel.com/news/hollywood…
29/ RIP Bobby Owens: "a dapper man" who worked in janitorial services at Jackson Memorial for over 30 years sun-sentinel.com/news/hollywood…
30/ RIP Albertina Vega: she loved wearing pink lipstick, drinking Manhattans and vacationing at Fort Myers beach sun-sentinel.com/news/hollywood…
31/ RIP Betty Hibbard: from Miami, worked in real estate for 40 years, loved scuba diving, water skiing and camping miamiherald.com/news/weather/h…
32/ RIP Carlos Canal: emigrated to Miami from Cuba in 1960, worked at Borden Dairy; he was an aspiring entrepreneur miamiherald.com/latest-news/ar…
33/ RIP Martha Murray: “She was a good mother and homemaker." sun-sentinel.com/news/hollywood…
34/ RIP Estella Hendricks, Miguel Franco, Manuel Mendieta and Alice Thomas. We will never forget. sun-sentinel.com/news/hollywood… END OF THREAD
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