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...According to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, bogus claims account for between 3% and 10% of the nation's $900 billion health bill. A crackdown on fraud could help defray the tab on Clinton's health-care proposal, which he previewed last week in a speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Broad on themes and thin on details, the plan aims to provide adequate coverage to all Americans, including the 37 million ) currently uninsured, by generating savings within the country's unwieldy health system rather than by imposing new taxes...
Student playwright and co-director Michael Sonnenschein blends quirky characters, a complex plot and skillful direction in Happy Part, a tale of life, love and bowling. Bowling? Is this a subject for high drama? Well, not exactly. But Sonnenschein's dark comedy about frustrated aspirations in Tulsa, Oklahoma provides amusement and even a bit of truth in its own offbeat...
...times, however, both the actors and the writer overdo it. The second half of the play, though full of slapdash action, is woefully short on the humor that characterizes the first. When Sonnenschein's script puts trite psychobabble into the mouths of these Tulsa bowling enthusiasts, the effect is unconvincing...
...financial staying power, but some less capitalized firms are getting wiped out. Last week the Florida department of insurance seized two insolvent insurers, Florida Fire & Casualty in Fort Lauderdale and Great Republic in Miami, and placed about a dozen others on its "watch list." MCA Insurance, a division of Tulsa-based Thrifty Rent-a-Car, was placed under supervision by Oklahoma regulators after it was overwhelmed by $30 million in Andrew-related claims. States typically bail out failed firms through guaranty funds financed by assessing a fee on other insurers...
...frictions are most acute in Oklahoma, Colorado and Illinois, where hotshot pros have shoved aside older volunteers who have labored for months to get their man on the ballot. In some instances the acrimony has led to legal battles. In Tulsa organizer Pat Clancy says a Dallas-based team took over his group's bank account when they consolidated operations in Oklahoma City. When Clancy balked at being shut out, the World War II veteran was told he was a "security risk." According to Cliff Arnebeck, a Perot volunteer in Ohio, the Dallas-based advisers "squelch and humiliate" grass-roots...