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To: Bid Buster who wrote (249633)	7/11/2003 4:49:58 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Gee, ya think?<NG> There is a trend here that is ominous (to the extreme) for all fiduciary's in health care reimbursement systems: The Feds (Medicare), Self-insured companies (many, most of the S&P 500) and of course, HMO's: CHICAGO, July 11 (Reuters) - Cigna Corp. said on Friday it cut its earnings estimates for the second quarter and year, citing steeper-than-expected medical costs and lower medical membership. I guarantee, Cigna's main problem isn't lower membership...it's skyrocketing costs, with the lead sled dog being drug costs. It's a universal overarching trend, and it's accelerating.