That’s misleading. Scott didn’t invoke the Fifth Amendment, which protects individuals from self-incrimination, 75 times in response to questions about whether his former hospital company, Columbia/HCA, committed Medicare fraud. In fact, Scott said he was never questioned by federal investigators in the criminal case involving his former company. Instead, Scott avoided answering questions when being deposed for a 2000 civil case between Columbia/HCA and a communications company, which accused Columbia/HCA of breaching the terms of a contract. Only once did “Columbia’s improper billing practices” come up during the proceedings, according to a transcript of the deposition. https://www.factcheck.org/2014/06/floridas-medicare-fraud-flashback/
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