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To: Charles P. Hubbard who wrote (110741)	6/29/2001 11:08:51 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 436258

Doctors take classes to learn how to pad bills usatoday.com

To: Charles P. Hubbard who wrote (110741)	6/29/2001 11:18:13 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Lawyers can already sue doctors and HMOs for malpractice. This would give the right to sue HMOs and insurance companies for denial of service and breach of confidentiality. Those denial-of-service cases are pretty rare - the typical plaintiff has a fatal disease, like cancer, and wants a treatment which is very expensive and may not work, something like a bone marrow transplant. Bone marrow transplants cost $200K-$500K, and may or may not work. People who are dying of cancer or have a spouse or child dying of cancer don't want to leave any potential cure untried. Bet you didn't know that life and health insurance companies pool all patient information and make it available to each other so they can use it to deny coverage. You can instruct your health care provider not to share the information, but who knows to do that? I don't think the Patient Bill of Rights Bill - either of them - will change the practice, either. mib.com mib.com Auto and liability insurance companies have a similar pool. They share the information with each other for the purpose of defending lawsuits, too, so if you say you've only been in one accident, they'll know whether you're lying or not.