Did you read in the paper this weekend (St. Pete Times, Tampa Bay page 4B) where eight Miami-Dade County nurses have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution for their crimes? The sentences ranged from five months to 2 1/2 years and restitution runs from $66,000 to $699,000. What did these bads girls of the medical profession do? Why, nothing more than defrauding Medicare. "But that's a serious offense," you might exclaim!
Oh, yeah? Do you remember that prick with ears that bought the Florida Governor's mansion? As Chief Executive Officer of a company that was fined $1.7 billion dollars for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, neither he nor his minions did a minute of jail time. You just pay a fine and take a walk. No big deal.
If one were to subscribe to the adage that "birds of a feather flock together" then Scott should use his power of executive clemency and commute these nurses' sentences to time served and add them to his executive staff. They all seem to have at least one thing in common - a thorough knowledge of Medicare fraud.
I have to thank my trophy bride for pointing out the disparity of these two situations. The charge was the same - Medicare fraud. On one hand the accused perp was allowed to walk away "Scott-free" and then buy the State of Florida. On the other hand, eight nurses are going to jail. My wife's position is that what is good for the geese should be good for the gander.
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