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Old 01-14-2016, 02:22 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Florida dumps hospital standards after gifts to GOP - CNN.com

Heart doctors outraged Florida dumps hospital standards after big gifts to GOP
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Katherine Grise, CNN
Updated 11:29 AM ET, Wed January 13, 2016 | Video Source: CNN

The state of Florida is putting thousands of children with heart defects at risk, a group of cardiac doctors say, because of a change in policy that came after Tenet Healthcare contributed $200,000 to Florida Republicans.

In a widely publicized investigation in June, CNN revealed that a program at a Tenet hospital in Florida had failed to live up to state quality standards for children's heart surgery.

Less than two months later, the state decided to get rid of those standards.

That decision came after the giant for-profit hospital chain made contributions to Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his party that dwarfed those the company made to candidates or parties in other states.

"The whole situation is outrageous. It's just outrageous," said Louis St. Petery, a pediatric cardiologist in Tallahassee and former executive vice president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Doctors from around the state say the decision came right from the governor's office. Representatives for Tenet and Scott deny conversations took place between them about getting rid of the standards.

'Poor public policy and poor politics'
In the fall, cardiac doctors implored the state of Florida to keep the hospital standards. The doctors argued that the quality standards have been in place since 1977, saved children's lives and had become a model for other states.

When the standards were dropped anyway, the parents of four children with heart defects took the state to court.

Florida dumps hospital standards after gifts to GOP - CNN.com
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Old 01-14-2016, 04:21 AM
 
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CNN report on Florida hospital leads to program closure - CNN.com
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Old 01-17-2016, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Lincoln County Road or Armageddon
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This shouldn't surprise anyone who knows anything about the Florida Legislature. It's not for nothing that it's considered one of the most corrupt governmental bodies on Earth.
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Old 01-17-2016, 01:00 PM
 
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This shouldn't surprise anyone who knows anything about the Florida Legislature. It's not for nothing that it's considered one of the most corrupt governmental bodies on Earth.
No worse than the cronyism or quid pro quo you see in states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York, or California
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Old 01-17-2016, 08:11 PM
 
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No worse than the cronyism or quid pro quo you see in states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York, or California
In fairness, that's not a defense.
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Old 01-18-2016, 02:10 AM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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I have never been a fan of Scott. I really like Bob Buckhorn and I am hoping he will run for governor.
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Old 01-18-2016, 04:05 AM
 
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In fairness, that's not a defense.
Wasn't intended to be. I was responding to this:
"Considered one of the most corrupt governmental bodies on Earth
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