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To: Mike M2 who wrote (160156)	4/16/2002 8:52:23 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 436258

yes, and if the insurance company pays the hospital, your doctor, the diagnostic lab, etc., that counts as a premium decrease and results in deflation of prices. noticed that the drug companies have started jacking up prescription prices the last couple weeks. perhaps, it's in preparation for their drug discount cards. all these hmo, medicare, and other prescription plans are working like a tax when they create discounted fee plans. anyone outside the beneficiary class, i.e., above $ 28,000 in income or already covered in a private plan, gets hit with the higher prices. those getting the discount cards get the discounts marked off from prices higher than the prior prevailing market price so that the discounts are mostly negated. until members pay $ 300 or $ 500 out of pocket, the heavy discounts usually don't kick in with prescription plans. perhaps, the drug companies expect that most of the poor will never get past the annual deductible to get to the real savings.

To: Mike M2 who wrote (160156)	4/16/2002 8:58:41 AM
From: Tom M	Respond to of 436258

Sure trying to make it look like you have to be in stocks to have any hope of keeping up with this constant inflation that isn't happening. Yawn... Funny the more facts and evidence in our face that it's happening, the heavier the psychology used by the various media to keep the public buying the shares of their "parent" companies as their insiders sell out. Of course it's crunch time, gotta hurry & continue the fleecing now because it's getting close to "Miller Time" in the Hamptons. regards, Tom