“The next Attorney General of Florida will have to take the lead on the lawsuit challenging Obamacare,” Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker, said in a release. “In my opinion, there is no one more qualified to do this than Holly Benson. So today, I am proud to endorse Holly's candidacy for Florida Attorney General.
“I've worked with Holly, and I know she is a proven conservative that you can trust. Because Holly worked with Governor Jeb Bush to transform Florida's Medicaid program and served as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, she is uniquely qualified to understand the dire consequences of Obamacare for our health care system and our Constitution,” he said
“Beyond that crucial issue, Holly understands that we must reduce unnecessary regulation and fight frivolous lawsuits in order to restore our economy. She is pro-life, rated A+ by the NRA, and like her mentor Governor Jeb Bush, is a committed free-market capitalist. Holly Benson will make a great Attorney General for Florida, and I encourage you to consider voting for Holly on August 24."
Gingrich wants Benson to waste taxpayer dollars fighting against people having the right to health care. Benson shouldn't go anywhere near the issue of health care. She made this insensitive remark when she served as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care.
Just because you're poor doesn't mean you're unhealthy, it just means you have a lot more time to go running."
Below is the audio of the radio interview in which Benson made her infamous comment.
Benson was brought in by Jeb Bush to lower the cost of Medicaid. The problem is no audit could show that Benson actually did lower Florida's Medicaid expenses.
As Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary, Benson and Attorney General Bill McCollum spent $2 million fighting a lawsuit claiming children were not being provided properly medical and dental care. Benson hired AHCA to collect Medicaid over-payments. AHCA still did not collect $120 million in over-payments due back to the state. Benson already had left the Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary when Phil Williams of AHCA was called to testify before the Florida Senate.
Sen. Mike Haridopolos to Williams:
"We are going into this budget crisis, and here we are just not collecting overpayments?," said a ticked Sen. Mike Haridopolos, the Republican tapped to be the next Senate president. "If $100 million could have been collected, how could we go a whole year without collecting money that could go back to taxpayers? And then we just tell the company that got the contract, 'Oh it's OK, we'll wait.' In the real world, a company would have been fired for doing that."
Sen. Nan Rich:
"I just don't understand how, year to year, the same people do this to the taxpayers and it just goes on and on," said Rich, D-Sunrise. "And yet here we are looking at one of the most egregious budgets in terms of the services that might be cut for people."
Benson's policies in action aren't very fiscally conservative and have hindered the ability of poor parents to provide their children with good health care. No wonder Gingrich endorsed her.
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