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To: steve mamus who wrote (1419)	1/20/2000 10:44:00 PM
From: steve mamus	Respond to of 8096

RE: Eye Lasers Tough Business I have heard (2nd and 3rd hand) that some eye MD's have been buying out quickly there "partners" and are quickly buying newer equipment and shedding their "partners" so that profits don't have to be shared - at least for some folks this has been lucrative enough that this shedding process has transpired quickly. Some of the competitors in the laser area have been very aggressive to protect their turf and I have heard third hand(I haven't verified this) that they have even considered to invoke RICO statutes in some of the legal rumblings. There are a number of companies involved here and I haven't bothered to check on the particulars...just trying to make the point that the sailing is better in other areas.

To: steve mamus who wrote (1419)	1/20/2000 10:55:00 PM
From: taxman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8096

my son just got stated on his medical career working at kaiser in oakland and part time at kaiser in redwood city. his outstanding loan balance is about 100 times what mine was when i graduated from law school. i'm trying to get in into the options market, but he bought pfizer calls at the all time high and he's been a bit gunshy since. when you say avoid healthcare stocks are you including biotech such as amgen and biogen and drugs such as pfizer, merck and bristol myers. in any event i did not have a great deal invested in visx and was not a real bull since it is a procedure you only get once in a lifetime. of course the option still has until june to run and in that time the administrative ruling which went against visx could be reversed and the stock could run again. not counting on that though. regards