> Some of these relationships are good (as close to it as you get in
> the capitalist world at least), but most are not. The worst is with
> HCA; the biggest healthcare company in the world by a long shot,
> their CEO stands a good shot at being our next far-right president;
> they have two hundred some hospitals, SEIU reps the workers at about
> a dozen of them. That is very, very little power institutionally
> inside HCA. We try to bargain to organize with them and have a
> relationship, but of course, their attitude is fuck off, we can
> destroy you once we get national right to work laws passed by our CEO
> when he's president, fuck you, we will destroy you, even in the
> hospitals where you rep the workers if a seiu person sets foot on the
> property they'll be tackled and arrested.
Jack Bovender is Chairman and CEO of HCA. Senate majority leader Bill Frist is the younger brother and son of HCA founders Thomas Frist Jr. and Thomas Frist. Could be wrong on this, but don't believe Bill Frist will have a stake in the company once it's taken private via LBO.