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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (193480)	7/7/2004 1:14:46 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573925

Jim, you mean like this here: Looks really bad to me: fortune.com OPINION Workers of the World, Panic! The recent court victory for the HMO industry is a blow to workers everywhere. By Roger Parloff FORTUNE might be expected to applaud—as did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the insurance industry—a June U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled that HMOs can't be sued for malpractice in state courts by patients who get their medical insurance as an employment benefit. The result, the victors claim, protects HMOs from frivolous suits, lowering health-care costs. ------------------------------ Maybe Edwards can clean this up. Regards, Amy J

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (193480)	7/7/2004 11:07:49 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573925

>Edwards seems like a likeable guy but Trial Lawyers and expensive insurance supposedly take 10%+ off the GNP due to litigation...every year. Expensive insurance, likely, but do you think it's really mostly because of the lawyers? Insurance premiums have mostly been rising for two reasons: -9/11 gave insurance companies a really good excuse to raise their rates substantially -Insurance companies make most of their money off of investment income; they got killed after the dot-com bust. -Z