Long before anyone had ever heard the word ObamaCare, I met Rick Scott — not as a politician, but as a CEO. He had hired me to work with his executive team as a business coach, and I quickly learned he was one of the sharpest, most disciplined CEOs I’d ever met.
One day, I saw a commercial with Rick — the businessman, not the senator — standing in front of the camera warning America that government-run healthcare would destroy competition, raise costs, and take away our freedom to make our own healthcare choices. He said:
“If we let the government control our health care, insurance costs will double and patients will lose control.”
That was way before ObamaCare was even on the horizon. Rick was sounding the alarm early — and as it turns out, he was exactly right.
Shortly after those commercials aired, the Tea Party movement took off. I asked Rick to speak at the very first Tea Party rally in Jacksonville — April 15, 2009 — right there at The Landing. He wasn’t famous then. Just a businessman who understood the numbers, the danger, and the cost of letting Washington take over our healthcare system.
After his speech that day, more people heeded his warnings and went to DC to petition our government against government healthcare. We fought hard. We gave it our all. And then on the day Congress was taking up the vote on Obamacare, half a million patriots stood outside the Capitol pleading Congress not to pass the bill. I was there when Nancy Pelosi marched through the crowd carrying that massive gavel and with her snarky smile, she slammed the bill into law. Those who supported the bill were elated. Those of us who came to DC were deflated and went home to accept what had just happened.
That moment changed America forever…yet Rick Scott never gave up and that evening after the vote he said to me, “Billie, we will have our say one day. Don’t give up or lose hope. Obamacare will eventually fail.”
He was right and that day is here now.
Rick Scott went on to run for governor — and won. Twice. Then he ran for the U.S. Senate. And through it all, he’s never lost focus on this one issue: government-run healthcare doesn’t work. It wasn’t good before it passed, it wasn’t good when it passed, and it’s even worse today.
📊 The Results Speak for Themselves
In a recent press release from Senator Scott’s office, he addresses how Obamacare has failed and now during the government shutdown — it is in fact crumbling. Scott calls it what it is — a broken, unsustainable system feeding insurance companies while families pay more for less. He points out the lie about getting to keep your doctor by Obama and his gang during the marketing of Obamacare. But here are the facts today:
| Year | Average Monthly Premium | Increase Since 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $242 | — |
| 2019 | $600 | +140% |
| 2026 | +15% expected increase | — |
💰 $200 billion in subsidies (2023–24)
🚨 5 million ineligible recipients
💸 $82 per taxpayer went to fraud or waste
Scott’s Solution: Freedom Over Bureaucracy
He says it’s time to end this madness by:
✅ Lowering the actual cost of healthcare, not hiding it behind subsidies;
✅ Encouraging state innovation and competition;
✅ Cracking down on fraud and waste;
✅ Giving Americans freedom of choice to manage their own care.
The Democrats keep shoveling billions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies and calling it “affordable care.” But as Senator Scott reminds us —
“It’s not the patients or taxpayers who are being protected. It’s the bureaucracy.”
💬 Final Thoughts
Fifteen years later, Rick Scott’s warning wasn’t just right — it was prophetic.
And for those of us who stood on Capitol Hill all those years ago and left feeling defeated — your day is coming too.
It took time, but the same man who stood with us at The Landing is now standing in Congress, still fighting for freedom, accountability, and choice.
God bless him — and God bless every American still standing up for Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness. Defend it always and vote for those who do too.
