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CFO November 1, 2003 Russ Banham	Unequal Justice The Bush Administration's broad hope for tort reform has now been limited to class-action legislation.
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Managed Care July 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Tilt of Senate to Democrats Speeded Debate on Patients' Rights The Senate debate over the Patients' Bill of Rights made for great theater, but was the outcome ever in doubt?
Managed Care November 2000 Michael Levin-Epstein	Don't Count on Data Bank Being Opened Any Time Soon What are the chances that Congress will soon enact legislation that will allow the public to tap into the National Practitioner Data Bank electronically to obtain information about its providers' professional history and conduct? Somewhere between slim and none...
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