A few weeks New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was injured in a car accident. Corzine was sitting in the front passenger seat without a seatbelt while the vehicle was moving at around 90mph (it puzzles me that it was reported later that the vehicle was moving at only 70mph). The two other people involved, a state trooper and Corzine’s aide were seriously injured. However, Corzine suffered numerous broken bones, including an open fracture of the left femur, broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken collarbone, and a fractured lower vertebra. He also received a large cut on his face, which required repair by a plastic surgeon. Ironically, Governor Corzine was traveling to his official residence in Princeton to meet with Don Imus when the accident occurred. This was after the comments made by Imus about the women’s basketball at Rutgers, but I think it was before Imus was fired.
The main point of this blog entry is that Corzine, a multimillionaire, and former CEO of Goldman Sachs is paying for his medical expenses with his own money. Expenses including the hospital stay, helicopter assistance, etc would normally be covered by NJ’s health insurance for all state employees. The actual cost has not been released but it is expected to be in excess of a few hundred thousand dollars. Corzine could easily have turned to his health insurance, but rightly decided it was a burden NJ tax payers did not need to bear. Corzine is a respectable public servant.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042701192.html?nav=hcmodule
The main point of this blog entry is that Corzine, a multimillionaire, and former CEO of Goldman Sachs is paying for his medical expenses with his own money. Expenses including the hospital stay, helicopter assistance, etc would normally be covered by NJ’s health insurance for all state employees. The actual cost has not been released but it is expected to be in excess of a few hundred thousand dollars. Corzine could easily have turned to his health insurance, but rightly decided it was a burden NJ tax payers did not need to bear. Corzine is a respectable public servant.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042701192.html?nav=hcmodule
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