After the purchase, Galen stockholders had 82% of the stock in the combined company, with Scott still running the company. At the time, Galen had approximately 90 hospitals. In September 1993, Columbia did another stock purchase, worth $3.4 billion, of Galen Healthcare, which had been spun off by Humana Inc. In 1992, Columbia made a stock purchase of Basic American Medical, which owned eight hospitals, primarily in southwestern Florida. By the end of 1989, Columbia Hospital Corporation owned four hospitals with a total of 833 beds. Within a year, the remaining two were doing much better. Then they acquired a neighboring hospital and shut it down. In 1988, Scott and Richard Rainwater, a financier from Fort Worth, each put up $125,000 in working capital in their new company, Columbia Hospital Corporation they borrowed the remaining money needed to purchase two struggling hospitals in El Paso for $60 million. After graduating from law school, Scott worked as an attorney at the law firm of Johnson & Swanson in Dallas, Texas. He later bought and revived another doughnut shop. Scott made his first foray into business while working his way through college and law school, initially buying and reviving a failing doughnut shop (the Flavor Maid Do-Nut) by adding workplace delivery instead of relying on foot traffic. He was licensed by the Texas Bar to practice law on November 6, 1978. He earned a juris doctor degree by working his way through Southern Methodist University. Bill, and graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. Scott was in the Navy for 29 months and served on the USS Glover (FF-1098) as a radarman. He attended community college and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1970. Scott graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1970. His family was lower-middle-class and struggled financially Esther Scott worked as a clerk at J. C. Penney, among other jobs. Scott was raised in North Kansas City, Missouri, the second of five children. Orba adopted Rick, who took his stepfather's surname and became known as Richard Lynn Scott. In 1954, Esther married Orba George Scott Jr. Scott (née Fry 1928–2012), as an abusive alcoholic. Scott never met his biological father, Gordon William Myers, who was described by Scott's mother, Esther J. Rick Scott was born Richard Lynn Myers in Bloomington, Illinois, on December 1, 1952. 4.2.4 Drug testing for welfare recipients.Scott took office following the expiration of his term as governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. The recount showed that Scott had won by 10,033 votes Nelson then conceded the race. The initial election results were so close that they triggered a mandatory recount. Scott won the 2018 US Senate election, defeating Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. He was barred by term limits from running for reelection in 2018, and instead ran for the United States Senate. Scott was reelected in 2014, defeating former governor Charlie Crist. He defeated Bill McCollum in a vigorously contested Republican primary election, and then narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sink in the general election. Scott ran for governor of Florida in 2010. In 2009, he founded Conservatives for Patients' Rights. Following his departure from Columbia/HCA, Scott became a venture capitalist and pursued other business interests. The Department of Justice ultimately fined the company $1.7 billion in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs. Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997. Columbia later merged with another corporation to form Columbia/HCA, which eventually became the nation's largest private for-profit health care company. In 1987, after serving in the United States Navy and becoming a law firm partner, he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation. Scott is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Richard Lynn Scott ( né Myers, born December 1, 1952) is an American politician and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019.
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