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To: hueyone who wrote (151372)	1/7/2003 1:17:33 PM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

From this article, it sounds like additional, significant tort reform is still in the works from Washington Republicans. As I mentioned, I am all for this. While tort reform is needed, I find this more outrageous: Between 1998 and 2001 CSX Corporation, the company run by the incoming Treasury secretary, John Snow, made $900 million in profits, but paid no net taxes — in fact, it received $164 million in rebates.

To: hueyone who wrote (151372)	1/16/2003 1:39:08 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Bush is starting the legal issues with malpractice reform- I actually don't agree that this is the major issue with the medical profession but it is certainly a good idea and it looks like major tort reform is on its way The president argued that "frivolous and junk lawsuits" are the primary cause of health care costs rising faster than in a decade and doctor shortages that leave patients without care. "The problem of those unnecessary costs isn't in the waiting room, or the operating room -- they're in the courtroom," Bush said in a speech at the University of Scranton in northeastern Pennsylvania. "Everybody's suing, it seems like." Capping jury awards in medical malpractice suits is the answer, the president said. "We need reform all across America and we need a law coming out of the United States Congress," Bush said. cnn.com