Rick, thre IS a difference between HMO's and other corporations. HMO's are now forced (rightfully so) to accept new members. HMO's are limited in their ability to contol their contractors (doctors). I am not a huge fan of HMO's, but we continually view a lawsuit and high punitive damages as victories. Let's fix the problem. Uncle, you're way off. You are claiming that Bush is denying us the right to sue for negligence. First of all, this is not a new problem that started when Bush took his oath. Why didn't Bubba "fix" it? Secondly, Texas HAS a Patients bill of rights that DOES allow lawsuits against HMO's. In fact, their bill goes further to prevent privately funded health care "fund pools" from being sued. In other words, if a corporation funds it's own health "insurance", that corporation can not be sued if a patient/member fails to get proper treatment. Let's leave the treatment to the doctors, and let's leave the lawyers out of this. Face it, Bush has done more for healthcare with his version of the patients bill of rights than Clinton did in 8 years! Insurance rates are too high already. If we allow an uncapped provision can you possibly imagine where the prices will go?