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...doctors who bend the insurance companies' rules, according to the JAMA report, do it because they disagree with an HMO policy or restriction on care. "It's not difficult to be sympathetic to that impulse," says TIME medical writer Christine Gorman. "Often, doctors are faced with a judgment call: If a patient is going to be sent home to an empty house, with no one to take care of them, a physician may very well feel justified keeping the patient for one more night." And in fact, says Gorman, even doctors who admit to thumbing their noses at HMO guidelines...
...turning to the courts and local governments - rather than to federal politicians - to seek redress against powerful special interests. It also explains why the Washington lobbyists would want to spread their gospel beyond the Beltway. "The judge will always instruct the jury that they're only to base their judgment on the facts of this case and not accept any outside influence," says TIME legal analyst Alain Sanders. "But jurors are people, and it would be foolish to assume they're not influenced by the world around them. And that could include an intense lobbying effort by the tobacco companies...
...state law. There is no justification for denying two people in a committed, long-term relationship the same benefits--particularly benefits as basic and vital as health insurance--that married couples enjoy. To give benefits to members of one type of relationship and not another makes a discriminatory value judgment about the worth of a particular type of companionship. The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill in November to extend such benefits to domestic partners; the House should approve the bill as well...
...decides to appeal, the full labor board in Washington will hear arguments and render a final judgment...
Rejection from a first-choice school is an education in the beauty of "Plan B." Embrace it. Celebrate the good judgment of the school that wants your child. Congratulate your kid on being wise enough to apply to that school, and plan to make a spring visit to campus. Bill Mayher, author of The College Admissions Mystique and a veteran high school guidance counselor, says parents should appreciate the maturing process brought on by the skinny envelope. "We're trying to put kids in charge of their lives here, and we shouldn't undermine it with our own expectations. Besides...