From: The Detroit News More Implant Injustice The federal government is suing for a cut of the multibillion-dollar fund established to settle breast-implant claims . Reimbursement supposedly is due Medicare and other federally funded health care programs for treatment of implant-related disorders. In reality, this is yet another corporate shakedown by the Clinton administration. The lawsuit filed March 31 by the Justice Department seeks to halt settlement payments to thousands of women until federal expenditures are first recovered. A Justice spokesman said “millions” of dollars are owed, but acknowledged that no actual accounting has been conducted. In a similar vein, the government also is delaying the emergence of Michigan-based Dow Corning Corp. from bankruptcy protection. Justice Department attorneys have filed objections to the company’s court-approved reorganization plan, which commits $3.2 billion to settle tens of thousands of implant claims that forced Dow Corning’s Chapter 11 filing. The government insists that Dow Corning first determine which claimants received federally financed medical care. Two federal statutes — the Medical Care Recovery Act and the Medicare Secondary Payer Law — allow the government to sue for reimbursement when a third party is deemed liable for the medical conditions requiring treatment. But a slew of research — including the government’s own — has consistently failed to establish any link between silicone breast implants and the myriad disorders cited by claimants. Simply put, Dow Corning and other medical device manufacturers are not liable, and none of the settlement agreements assign such liability. Were it not for the feds, in fact, the industry would not be forfeiting billions of dollars to settle tens of thousands of unwarranted claims. The Food and Drug Administration in 1992 largely provoked the tort frenzy by effectively banning breast implants despite the total absence of an implant link to disease. But no company could afford to litigate the flood of claims that followed. That the Clinton administration now intends to profit from such injustice is, frankly, repellent. The pattern here is unmistakable. Be it tobacco products, guns or implants, the government seeks to enrich itself at the expense of industry. And the consequences are grave. The implant jihad, for example, created an acute shortage of life-saving silicone-based medical devices. Taxpayers may derive some comfort in knowing that Washington at least makes some attempt to recoup expenditures for which third parties are responsible. But fear is more appropriate when government derives ever greater power by what is essentially extortion from its citizens. ### P.S. If you are interested in a FREE high-speed DSL internet service provider, and/or a FREE $200 DSL modem, then register AND DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE (i.e., registration alone WON'T GET IT DONE) at: http://i.winfire.com/s/isapiEng.dll/wf.exe?cmd=rl&508,120031685&wf.exe OH, and you've only got till the 30th of this month to get it done. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
