As I said earlier, I don't think the system is broken, but it sure needs some serious adjustment. My wife has, in the last month, graduated from college with a degree, and passed her test, to become a Medical Laboratory Technologist. She's working at a hospital lab, finishing up her final training now. She has to carry insurance, not as expensive as a doctor, but not cheap. If she makes a mistake in a test, gives the wrong info to the doctor, he prescribes the wrong medication, somebody dies, everybody loses. Except the lawyer! Not in the medical line, but when you have an attorney suing his dry cleaners, for what was it,half a million dollars, for losing his pants, or burning a hole in them, or some such nonsense. This is where the bar assoc. ought to step in and yank a liscense. We've had doctors move out of state, because of malpractice insurance rates. Not sure who or when, but somebody better get a handle on this, as it will be completely broken with a meltdown in the not to distant furure. gypsyman