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Rick Scott, Former CEO of Fraud Hospital Chain, Considers Privitizing FL Hospitals

Rick Scott, your governor.​When Rick Scott starts considering hospital privatization, it's worth revisiting his past. The Sun-Sentinel reported that Scott established a commission to investigate whether the state could trim a layer of budgetary fat by selling  government-run hospitals to priv ... More >>

Rick Scott's Plutocratic Plans For Public Hospitals

​Gov. Rick Scott fired a warning shot yesterday and ignited what seems like just one Floridian battle in the in the national war on public institutions. Whether it's congressmen feuding over federal funds for National Public Radio and Planned Parenthood, or state leaders stripping unions of collec ... More >>

Think Pink Rocks Brings Huge Hip-Hop Lineup to Mizner Park

​Gov. Rick Scott fired a warning shot yesterday and ignited what seems like just one Floridian battle in the in the national war on public institutions. Whether it's congressmen feuding over federal funds for National Public Radio and Planned Parenthood, or state leaders stripping unions of collec ... More >>

Broward Health Commissioner Says System Will Be Less Political as a Nonprofit

browardhealth.orgCommissioner Richard Paul-Hus​If the North Broward Hospital District follows through on plans to lease its assets to a nonprofit organization, then it will "take the politics out" of managing that public hospital district, according to Commissioner Richard Paul-Hus, who responded ... More >>

Three Questions for Your Local, Scandal-Plagued Public Hospital District

Broward General Medical Center: Scene of the crime?​It's time to start paying attention to what's happening at the North Broward Hospital District (AKA Broward Health). Or rather, it was time back in January, when Gov. Charlie Crist removed two commissioners who were going to reform the district f ... More >>

After Health-Care Reform Is Signed, Will We Need Public Hospital Districts?

FlickrHouse Majority Whip James Clyburn and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after last night's passage of the health-care reform bill.​The U.S. health-care system has a tradition for cruelty toward the uninsured, and in Broward and Palm Beach counties, public hospital districts were created to deal with the ... More >>

In Broward and Palm Beach Hospitals, 266 Patients Treated for Injuries from Haiti Quake

Flickr: IFRC​After the earthquake struck Haiti, there wasn't time to decide exactly what role South Florida hospitals would play in treating victims. Nor was there time to figure out how those facilities would be paid in instances where the victims were Haitian citizens. But three weeks after the ... More >>

New Blood at Broward Health Board?

browardhealth.orgJaeger's former seat on the hospital board has yet to be filled.​A source at Broward Health tells us that the public hospital district CEO Frank Nask is walking with a skip in his step today, reportedly because he learned that Gov. Charlie Crist is close to appointing two new comm ... More >>

Puppet Master at Hospital District: George LeMieux

lemieux.senate.govGeorge LeMieux​Long before George LeMieux was selected by Charlie Crist to be the state's newest U.S. Senator, he was the most powerful figure in the North Broward Hospital District. An episode from this past March illustrates LeMieux's godfather-like role. That month Marc Goldst ... More >>

Broward Health Hit With Whistleblower Lawsuits

browardhealth.orgMarc Goldstone​Shortly after Marc Goldstone began his new job as general counsel of Broward Health in November of last year, he found that the public hospital district -- which is among the nation's largest -- had been violating a range of federal laws and court orders, some of wh ... More >>

Are We Really in Good Hands?

The outlook for the North Broward Hospital District without Alan Levine is cloudy

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Hospital Giveaway

A secret plan to shovel millions to a private school.

Foodstuff

A secret plan to shovel millions to a private school.

Best Political Activist

Jane Kreimer

Fall Fest

Ringing in autumn the old-fashioned way