Scott Renews Call for 35% Cut in Comp Costs

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefFlorida Gov.-elect Rick Scott renewed a campaign pledge last week to cut workers' compensations costs by 35% in concert with a call for tort reform, The Orlando Sentinel reported Friday.But the wealthy businessman and founder of health care companies Columbia Hospital Corp. and Solantic Corp. did not provide details of the plan and may be acting on information that pre-dates the state's 2003 reforms, Florida Workers' Advocates (FWA) said Monday.According to press reports, Scott was instrumental in last week's decisions by the new leaders...