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...Barry Manuel, chair of the largest medical insurer in Massachusetts, the Promutual Group, claimed that over half of what insurance companies pay goes to lawyer fees, while doctors and patients suffer...
...Manuel suggested instating a “no-fault insurance model,” by which insurance companies would pay claims directly to patients rather than going through the courts. “This insurance-based model is a fair, timely, efficient method that will remove the pervasive fear of litigation which has had profound effects on medicine,” he said...
...brilliant as Pacquiao's win over Barrera was, it's still just one night. To achieve lasting greatness, he'll have to repeat moments like that again and again. He could start on May 8, when he goes up against International Boxing Federation and WBC featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, a tough, powerful counterpuncher. Though ranked as boxing's top featherweight, Pacquiao holds no title belts in the division - beating Marquez would make him the official champ and quiet any doubters who feel the Barrera fight was a one-off. Some question Pacquiao's readiness, however, whereas Marquez has apparently...
...exploiting a weakness in the computer security system. The aim: to gain an edge in the rancorous battle over President Bush's judicial nominations. Some of the memos, which at times suggest liberal special-interest groups' fingerprints on the Democrats' strategy, were even leaked to G.O.P.-friendly journalists. Manuel Miranda, a former aide to Senate majority leader Bill Frist, does not deny snooping but contends that Pickle's report did not find a "credible suggestion of criminal acts...
...whole. Smaller states are still smarting over the laxity shown when France and Germany violated the Stability and Growth Pact last year, after many of them had to endure painful budget cuts and pay fines for similar failings. Last week, Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Dur?o Barroso said, "We do not accept that two or three countries should make the decisions and then serve us up the meal." So in focusing on the E.U.'s litany of economic woes - underfunded state pensions, low productivity, slow growth, high unemployment - this week's summit will intrude upon sensitive territory...