CNN reports in 2,000 words that a group of pediatric cardiologists in Florida is claiming that the state changed its policy, “putting thousands of children with heart defects at risk,” after Tenet Healthcare contributed $200,000 to Republicans in Florida. One Tenet hospital “had failed to live up to state quality standards for children’s heart surgery,” but after a contribution to Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his party, “the state decided to get rid of those standards.” The physicians “argued that the quality standards have been in place since 1977, saved children’s lives and had become a model for other states.”
From the news release of the American Association for Justice.
