Once again, big business is determined to keep their profits at the expense of affordable health care coverage. The profile of Florida's own Rick Scott in last week's Jacksonville.com shows how far we have to go in the fight for quality, affordable coverage.

Founder of Solantic, a pay-for-care business, Rick Scott has a vested interest in maintaining a monopoly on our state's health care system:

Borrowing from the retail industry, Solantic posts its prices on a board above the receptionist's desk. There are only three prices available. An $89 trip tends to be for cold sufferers who just need a prescription for some antibiotics. At the $149 level, something more complex like a throat culture may be involved. And the $229 bill is there to capture complex cases, like broken limbs.

Co-founder Karen Bowling said the goal is to expand to 1,000 locations as the
company adopts a franchising model.

Meanwhile, Rick Scott is positioning his involvement as a benevolent, self-less gesture--despite from being forced to resign as CEO of Columbia/HCA healthcare in 1997. With political contributions totaling, "$54,000 last year, all to Republicans," and a contribution of "$5 million dollars of his own money into Conservatives for Patient's Rights", it's clear he's a man who knows which side of his bread is buttered.

Don't let the Rick Scotts of this country win the battle. Health care should not be about big business taking advantage of customers without a better choice. Quality, affordable health care coverage is a right that everyone in Florida--and the country--deserves.

Speak out--Write a letter to the editor in support of quality, affordable coverage for EVERYONE--today. http://action.seiu.org/page/speakout/stopscottslies