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To: greenspirit who wrote (153017)	6/13/2001 7:50:47 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I'll bet you don't have an HMO covering your health benefits...heh?

To: greenspirit who wrote (153017)	6/13/2001 8:17:37 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Calling all lawyers ambulance chasers is like calling all doctors quacks, or all white people racists. But hey, if it works for you. Near where I work are a refinery and a large chemical plant. Recently one of them had a fire. There were lawyers literally standing on the street corners and posting flyers on telephone poles to drum up business from people who had "been exposed to toxic fumes." Now THOSE are ambulance chasers. On the other hand, show me one industry, one business that has voluntarily complied with safety standards, imposed higher standards on itself, publically admitted its mistakes or voluntarily compensated the victims of its mistakes. Show me a doctor or medical institution that has voluntarily admitted negligence, bad(or fatal) judgment or held itself publicly accountable without the threat of law and financial penalty over its head. Things just don't work that way. Business takes calculated risks and they understand the downside and will take the most cost-effective route and if civil penalties are capped below a certain point we will never see HMOs or any other industry get the 2x4 smacked upside the head that they sometimes need. If health care costs rise sharply it will be for political reasons more than for economic reasons.