Rick Scott Claim On Obama Health Care Law Ruled 'False'

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's (R) claim that the Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land" was ruled "false" Thursday by PolitiFact, the fact-checking project run by the St. Petersburg Times.

In an editorial board interview with the Palm Beach Post, Scott was pressed as to why the state of Florida was not taking federal money to implement the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. "Because it's not the law of the law," Scott said. "I don't believe it'll ever become the law of the land."

While some courts have declared the law unconstitutional, no court has ordered states to stop implementing it. Moreover, legal experts told PolitiFact that statutes are the "law of the land" unless Congress or the Supreme Court decides otherwise.

The Huffington Post's Mike Sacks reported that the Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the Affordable Care Act in March. A decision will come down at the end of June, potentially throwing the presidential election into chaos.

Before being elected governor of Florida in 2010, Scott founded a group in 2009 called Conservatives for Patients' Rights, which ran ads against health care reform.

Under Scott, Florida has turned away millions of dollars in grants from the federal government available under the new law, despite having among the highest rates of uninsured and unemployed in the nation.

Comments

[wouldchuk]

04:43 AM on 03/29/2012

Stand with REPUBLICANS ... no cash, no credit card, no insurance, NO SERVICE at hospital ER's this is America and if you can't afford it, you don't deserve it! This is the beginning of the end of the healthcare, food stamp, Social Security welfare state!!!

[g9]

01:49 AM on 12/09/2011

why would he "all of a sudden" be "caught" telling the truth ?....he tells about 99 % lies.....

[bethie1941]

11:44 PM on 12/06/2011

According to PolitiFact:
Rick Scott was involved with ... "The Medicare fraud that cost his former company, Columbia/HCA $1.7 billion in fines ..." "The fine was the largest in the history of the United States. Rick Scott resigned in disgrace with a $300 million golden parachute."
In addition, In a civil case between Columbia & Nevada Communications Corp where he was being deposed regarding allegations of breach of contract, he invoked the 5th amendment 75 times.
Despite all this 49% of Floridians still voted for him. How do they even justify this travesty to themselves? Idiots!

[rainkitty]

10:01 PM on 12/05/2011

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[fineartgalaxy]

02:15 PM on 12/05/2011

Well, what do we expect? This is a CEO who never knew his company was defrauding Medicare in the millions. And got elected.

[mgrant33301]

11:30 AM on 12/05/2011

rick scott is a crook.

[hank101]

08:20 AM on 12/05/2011

With Rick Scott it is never a bold statement. I an outright lie.

[jefe]

08:10 AM on 12/05/2011

This sounds like a perfect class action suit

[bigprogressivejohn]

02:41 AM on 12/05/2011

Well I'm glad that Republican middle class aren't the only ones that vote against their own interests, the rich ones do too.

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[mm3264]

11:31 PM on 12/04/2011

He's stolen over $2 billion from medicare and then the Florida voters make him govenor, he should be in jail. Now he should be taking federal funds to set up the affordable healthcare act. He's now stealing healthcare from the Florida voters. Why havn't they recalled him yet?

[Bor Zoi]

09:49 PM on 12/04/2011

Rick Scott is a crook.

[Duppy]

09:32 PM on 12/04/2011

He is worried he will not have the freedom to steal from the government like he usually does

[Almondo]

09:01 PM on 12/04/2011

Our unConvicted Gov is not impressive when it comes to knowledge about law except when it comes to breaking laws, that he is quite good at.

[johuyik]

08:16 PM on 12/04/2011

Who votes in Florida? And how do people like Scott, with such a poor command of the facts, ever get elected??

[ChumpChicken]

07:58 AM on 12/05/2011

Just look at the electorate....

[jefe]

08:13 AM on 12/05/2011

A small group of tea baggers apparently, Alex Sink did a poor job using all the material that Scott gave her to use against him.