Did ya know **Jeb Bush joins Tenet Healthcare board**?!?!?

[MagickMuffin]

I might have missed this posted here since this happened on April 12, 07. Or it could have passed us all by, with all the other things happening.

Here's the info:

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brother of President George W. Bush, will join the board of Tenet Healthcare, the biggest publicly traded hospital company said on Thursday.

The move to appoint Bush, 54, comes as Dallas-based Tenet (Charts) continues its struggle to recover from a slew of scandals and lawsuits. Last year, it settled with the Department of Justice for $900 million over allegations that it had bilked the Medicare insurance program for the elderly. Earlier this month it settled a securities probe over fraud charges.

Government lawsuits and several legal actions related to quality of care caused doctors to flee the company's hospitals, which has led to sinking patient admissions.

"Tenet is clearly trying to improve its reputation and overall governance, and went after a marquee name," said Howard Sherman, chief executive of GovernanceMetrics.

His group gives Tenet a 5.5 out of 10 rating, which is considered below average.

"For companies with a series of problems in their financial reporting, we keep them on a watch list and their ratings stay rather low until a couple of years of clean reporting," he said.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/news/newsmakers/bush.reut/?postversion=2007041213

Oh boy, now we have a Bushie directly to oversee things within Tenet Healthcare.... Watch Out for MORE SCANDALS

Here is a thread on more about some of the medicare scandals between healthcare providers and the sellers of equipment and supplies...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x758013

[flyarm]

1. NO SURPRISE...HERE THE CRIMINALS GO WHERE THE SCAMS ARE THE BIGGEST

and of course where they can fdo the most harm to families..and it is a good place for the * crime family to hide their drug running!!

there are never enough crimes or $$$$$$$$$ for these miserable, murderous people!!

fly

[izzie]

2. I think you have got it.

All the Bush's make money in those type of things and it is like a dying class. Make money on arms, educations any thing where greed is taking over and people are really not watching what is going on. Jeb needs money for his run for some thing. Real work is not in line with the Bush boys. They and do not laugh are the 'ruling class' and are born CEO's or so they seem to think. To bad they do not have the talent for it. I have read he, Jeb. is the best in the family on this type of thing but who knows. I am burned out on any more of the Bush family. Frankly they can even sell Walker's Point and leave that town as I have family in that town.

[Mme. Defarge]

3. Excuse my French, mais ...

unf*ing believable.