June 1, 2011 12:27PM 

# Health Care Odds & Ends 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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A few highlights from this week’s health care news:

- *Politico* [reports](http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B4347C92-8ABA-472D-8D48-761E208845E6) that Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is a former health insurance executive. (He was a hospital executive.)
- Suzy Khimm [writes](http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B4347C92-8ABA-472D-8D48-761E208845E6) that to fix the problems created by centralized planning of the health care sector, we need more centralized planning of the health care sector.
- The Obama administration [blows the doors open](http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/05/20110531b.html) on the colossal failure that are ObamaCare’s high-risk pools, but doesn’t bother to say where the money is coming from.

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