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Dec 01, 1952 Bloomington, Illinois, United States 71 years old
United States Senator from Florida
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Rick Scott - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Rick Scott
- Richard Lynn Scott (né Myers, December 1, 1952) is an American politician who has been serving as the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019.
- A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Scott is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Kansas City and of Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
- In 1987, after serving in the United States Navy and becoming a law firm partner, he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation.
- Columbia later merged with another corporation to form Columbia/HCA, which eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the United States.
- Scott was pressured to resign as chief executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997.
- During his tenure as chief executive, the company defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs.
- 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.
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- Scott was not charged with a crime.
- Following his departure from Columbia/HCA, Scott became a venture capitalist and pursued other business interests. Scott ran for governor of Florida in 2010.
- He defeated Bill McCollum in a vigorously contested Republican primary election, and then narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sink in the general election.
- Scott was re-elected in 2014, defeating former governor Charlie Crist.
- He was barred by term limits from running for re-election in 2018. Scott won the 2018 Florida Senate election, defeating Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.
- The initial election results were so close that they triggered a mandatory recount.
- The recount showed that Scott had won by 10,033 votes; Nelson then conceded the race.
- Scott took office following the expiration of his term as governor of Florida on January 8, 2019.
