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Taylor Maynor
HealthSouth: A Company Disaster
BUS 242
Keith McBride
HealthSouth: The Wagon to Disaster is an eye-opening and compelling insight into what went on
behind the colossal travesty HealthSouth Corporation became. The account is written by Aaron
The beam, a founding member of HealthSouth who witnessed the rise and fall of Wall Street’s
darling. The novel details the beginnings of both Richard Scrushy and Aaron Beam, the
conception of HealthSouth, and the slow, slippery cliff of fraud that would lead to the downfall
of a billion-dollar enterprise and tragedy for most involved.
The story of HealthSouth begins with two of the most well know founders. Aaron Beam was a
man from mostly humble beginnings. He had seemingly simple visions for himself. He seems to
lack the brashness or vision that Scrushy brought to the partnership. He illustrates his journey in
such a way that he seems to have simply stumbled into the corporate world.
On the other hand, Richard Scrushy was a bold, charismatic man of middle-class beginnings. He
