Speaking of conservative approaches to "health care reform" we figure most of our readers know about Rick Scott, the man behind the "Conservatives for Patients Rights" (CPR—get it?) ad campaign. But the New York Times lays out the whole story of the prophet of for-profit medicine; How he built Columbia/HCA into the world's  largest health care company in the world and how he was ousted after the biggest U.S. health fraud scandal in which the company paid  $1.7 billion to settle charges. How he is now putting up millions of his own money to try to stop the comprehensive health reform for all Americans being developed in Congress in favor of more ... market competition and state deregulation.

     As the Times said:

"He hopes people don't Google his name," said John E. Hartwig, a former deputy inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services, one of various state and federal agencies that investigated Columbia/HCA when Mr. Scott was its chief executive.

Go ahead and google.