Those changes failed to pass the legislature last year. We're hopeful they will pass this year, given our knowledge of the problems posed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Chase concocted the fraud with Enron. Chase was right in bed with Enron to structure these transactions to hide Enron's debt,

You've got to believe you can do it.

Transparency in waiting times is much more relevant in an emergency. It's more important than infection rates.

Those who want to defend the current system are defending the indefensible. Only 4 percent of all women in the Medicaid fee-for-service program are getting mammograms. That's absurd. That's not a successful system, that's a failure.

We do want to move to a market-based system but understand it is a controlled market system.