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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (548875)	3/5/2004 3:24:59 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

No, the Insurance Industry was a strong #2 on my list of contributors to our rising healthcare costs. (Right after the Pharmaceutical industry, but ahead of 'tort reform' and the fact that the medical profession doesn't do enough to help screen bad doctors --- so they go in a different risk pool from the overwhelming majority of good doctors. After all, 80% of the insurance claims are against less than 20% of the doctors....)

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (548875)	3/5/2004 6:28:14 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Srexely, wake up and smell the coffee. No informed people who understand the facts are falling for that "tort reform will save us" fraud" Nobody says it will save us. It would be a big help though. The astronomical settelments drive up insurance cost, which drives up medical cost (or any other industry under attack). All you have to do is look at some of the multi-million dollar (and sometimes hundreds of million dollar) settlements. Who do you think bears those costs?