The insurance industry made a powerful enemy last week when presidential candidate Barack Obama called for a wide-ranging federal investigation of reported abuses by long-term care carriers. NU Editor

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If a doctor is licensed by the state--presumably to help make society well--they should be required to accept health insurance, with minimum fee schedules set by the government for standard procedures