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Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com) Sat Nov 4 07:43:54 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joe: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" Next in thread: Joe: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" Art, You are so correct. If we are going to eventually have a single payor system - and we have ideas that are not in sync with the insurance industry (their mantra being lets have bigger profits so we can buy more yachts and houses etc) then we docs need to have a group that sits as a think tank to devise something that is truly in the best interests of both the patients and doctors and providers of care. The current system is in the best interest of the insurance companies, the pharmaceutical companies and the stockholders of those groups. I am sure Ileft something out. Is there a Doctor-provider-patient group ready to tackle that? Joanne just my opinion At Sat, 4 Nov 2006, art fougner, md wrote: > >This case illustrates why the MCO's have such a cavalier attitude - the >State Insurance Depts show little desire to oversee their behavior and >multiple class action suits do little ( except for enriching lawyers) to >punish the MCO's for failing to honor their responsibilities to both >patients and doctors. Having followed MCO mergers and acquisitions, >I've no doubt the US is headed for Single Payor System, just not the >single payor we were thinking of. Ugh ... > >Art > >At Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Dean Huffman . wrote: >> >>.. >> >>Judge to Weigh $6.5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement >> >>New Jersey Law Journal >> >>A judge opened debate Tuesday on whether a proposed class action settlement with >>50,000 New Jersey doctors is a sweetheart deal for Horizon Blue Cross and >>whether the doctors' lawyer merits a $6.5 million fee. Judge Stephen Bernstein >>ruled that the Oct. 16 settlement, which requires reforms by Horizon but no >>money award, is "sufficiently within the range of reasonableness" to warrant >>consideration for final approval. Even so, health care lawyers outside the case >>are questioning the pact. >> >>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1162461917011 > >-- >art fougner, md >"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton > -- Joanne Bulley, MD Keene, NH, USA Next message: Joe: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement" Next in thread: Joe: "Re: Judge to Weigh .5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement"

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