Doctors' suit against insurance companies heads for Miami trial

[Judi Lynn]

Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Doctors' suit against insurance companies heads for Miami trial


The Associated Press
MIAMI -- A lawsuit pitting tens of thousands of doctors against leading managed-care companies appears headed for trial this fall after the U.S. Supreme Court refused for a second time to intervene.

The Supreme Court declined without comment Tuesday to limit which claims by physicians will be involved in the trial, currently set to begin Sept. 6 in Miami before U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno.

Earlier, the Supreme Court let stand an appeals court ruling that the lawsuit be tried as a class action involving more than 600,000 doctors. The physicians contend they have been systematically cheated by insurance companies that programmed computers to pay for less intensive services than were actually provided.

Although a settlement remains possible, insurance companies' spokesman Kent Jarrell said Wednesday they are prepared for trial.
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http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050601/APN/506010985

[Robbien]

1. What a bad headline. Seems as if they made it boring on purpose

so that people wouldn't read the article.

These doctors are taking on the big guys! Poor little insurance companies always being picked on when all the insurance companies wanted to do is pad the bottom line in any way possible. They chose the wrong group to scam when they decided to pick doctors' pockets.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Kick......

[lovuian]

3. Doctors' suit against insurance companies heads for Miami trial

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Doctors' suit against insurance companies heads for Miami trial



The Associated Press
A lawsuit pitting tens of thousands of doctors against leading managed-care companies appears headed for trial this fall after the U.S. Supreme Court refused for a second time to intervene.

The Supreme Court declined without comment Tuesday to limit which claims by physicians will be involved in the trial, currently set to begin Sept. 6 in Miami before U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno.

Earlier, the Supreme Court let stand an appeals court ruling that the lawsuit be tried as a class action involving more than 600,000 doctors. The physicians contend they have been systematically cheated by insurance companies that programmed computers to pay for less intensive services than were actually provided.

Although a settlement remains possible, insurance companies' spokesman Kent Jarrell said Wednesday they are prepared for trial.
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Interesting the US Supreme Court didn't want ANYTHING to do with this!!!

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. B-B-But-But Doctors Are Supposed To Be OPPOSES To Frivolous Lawsuits

I wish I could say I was surprised :eyes:

[Massacure]

5. There isn't anything controversial or that can cause a precedent.

The insurance companies are either going to crash and burn or beat the doctors over the head with a big smelly fish. I think it will probably by the former, as there aren't many people who haven't had trouble with their insurance companies.