Nursing home industry is a healthy donor to Rick Scott campaign

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Several players in Florida’s nursing home industry are backing Gov. Rick Scott in his re-election bid.

Scott received more than $44,000 last month from nursing homes, business groups and affiliated companies according to the most recent finance report filings with the state Division of Elections.

The report shows a minimum of 26 separate contributions from nursing home industry associations, dated June 20, including one from a Florida Health Care Association PAC.

For Scott and other candidates, last week was the reporting deadline to file finance reports for the period of June 1-20. With a large Tallahassee footprint, the nursing home industry lobbies focuses on issues such as Medicaid, health-care regulations and lawsuit limitations.

Scott and state lawmakers and this year passed a compromise measure, supported by the Florida Health Care Association, for additional restrictions on lawsuits arising from suspected injuries to nursing home residents.

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.