Rick Scott says failure to fix insurance market is 'bankrupting the state'
Sen. Rick Scott continues to make the case that his successor as Governor needs to fix Florida’s insurance market.
During a Monday call with Florida Republicans, the Senator warned that failure to do what he did as Governor is just “bankrupting the state.”
“You just have to do that,” Scott said about changes he made, noting that it’s “work to do it.”
Scott said “fixing the fraud” in the market was key to the changes he made, which also included moves to “dramatically downsize” Citizens Property Insurance, the state’s insurer of last resort.
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