Jacob Ogles
As Sunshine State seniors plod through Facebook posts, national Democrats plan to reach them with a simple message: Don’t trust U.S. Sen. Rick Scott with your future benefits.
Democrats in the Midterms painted Scott’s “Rescue America” policy blueprint as an attack on Medicare and Social Security. A new digital ad against the incumbent Republican strikes the same tone, while retreading a well-worn critique of Scott’s private sector background.
“First, Scott oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in America’s history,” said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) spokesperson Maeve Coyle.
“Then he spent months crafting and bragging about his signature plan to gut Medicare and Social Security, policies that would spike the cost of health care and prescription drugs for Florida seniors. He was already unlikeable and unpopular — and his attacks on Medicare will give Floridians even more reason to vote him out of office in 2024.”
The “FL Memories” ad asks seniors to recall all the times Scott’s name appeared in a headline alongside the word Medicare. “You’ve got memories with Rick Scott,” the narrator states. “Remember his radical plan to take away your Medicare? It would devastate millions of Florida seniors and drive costs sky high.”
That’s a reference to “Rescue America,” a Midterm agenda Scott rolled out as he chaired the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2022 election cycle.
Released in February 2022, the plan initially called for sunsetting all federal programs after five years and subjecting them to congressional review. President Joe Biden and Democratic counterparts pounced on this as an attack on Medicare and Social Security.
The episode also put Scott and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on the outs.
The ad runs unflattering images of Scott in a mockup of a social media newsfeed similar to Facebook’s daily memories posts. The DSCC said it will spend five figures pushing the ad on Meta platforms, which include Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
For his part, Scott consistently said he did not want to end Social Security or Medicare and ultimately revised his “Rescue America” plan to explicitly exempt those programs from review. Nevertheless, Democrats used the plan against Republicans nationwide and the GOP netted a one-seat loss in the Senate, leaving Democrats in the majority.
The ad grabs a video clip of a recalcitrant Scott saying he “would like to apologize to absolutely nobody.”
The narrator in the ad leaves voters with a simple takeaway. “You can’t trust Rick Scott. He’s a threat to your Medicare.”
Coyle’s statement, meanwhile, suggests Democrats also plan to raise another Medicare-related attack on Rick Scott.
Before his political career, Scott founded Columbia Hospital Corporation and later led a post-merger Columbia/HCA but was forced out after the federal government alleged illegal and fraudulent billing practices. The company reached a settlement and admitted to 14 felonies while agreeing to pay $1.7 billion in fines.
9 comments
Dont Say FLA
July 31, 2023 at 9:24 am
If the GOP wants to end Medicare and Social Security, that is great news. Just refund me all the money I’ve paid in, plus gains as if I’d had all my money indexed to the stock market over the years. I would be happy as a clam with that. But that will never happen. Red state MAGA leeches already took all of my gains and probably also most of my money.
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Earl Pitts "The Ronalds UnOfficial Campaign Manager" American
July 31, 2023 at 9:49 am
Go get ’em FL Senator Scott.
I’m going to repeat what just made you spit out your morning cup of Joe in anger after you attended my Poly Sci 101 lecture.
Here ya go FL Senator:
*note to FL Senator Scott: Son its past time for your endorsement of The Ronald. Your time to p00p or get off the pot is now ‘Lil Rickey.*
Your immediate action is requested,
Thank you Sen. Scott
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Ocean Joe
July 31, 2023 at 11:08 am
Why would you want a carpet bagging scoundrel to endorse your hero? Dont you remember Scott gave Trump the Freedom Cup at Mar A Largo?
Scott thinks he’ll replace McConnell, so he needs Trump because your Republican senators are all still afraid of being primaried. Scott gets a primary challenge and he’s gone, no matter how much money he spends.
Silly Wabbit
July 31, 2023 at 2:54 pm
You kwazy.
Silly Wabbit
July 31, 2023 at 2:53 pm
He kwazy.
Tropical
July 31, 2023 at 11:11 pm
Excellent plan. Tell the truth about scott and don’t let up!
Vote for Phil Ehr in 2024!
KurtinOC
August 1, 2023 at 1:21 am
Rick Scott – A Medicare Thief.. and the Morons in Florida keep electing him as the Senator..
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The former hospital company CEO oversaw what was the biggest case of Medicare fraud at the time. Under his leadership, Columbia/HCA gave kickbacks to doctors to refer patients and then made patients’ conditions appear worse than they were so Medicare would pay more.
When Scott was forced out of the company as it was under investigation, he left with $300 million in stock, a $5.1 million severance, and a $950,000-per-year consulting contract for five years. The hospital, meanwhile, was fined $1.7 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in history until that point.
Sonja Fitch
August 2, 2023 at 6:11 am
Rick Scott as ceo of Columbia/HCA STOPPED treatment of any employee covered by Broward County School Personnel! Local leader with brain tumor DIED because of being denied coverage! Rick Scott is a F-ing loooser. Rick Scott is worse than Trump or Desantis! Democrats for common good!
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