61.   It was championed by doctors and hospitals who said insurers routinely delayed paying claims covering medical treatment of patients.

62.   Kathy Vance, office manager for Plaza Medical Consultants, agreed that more insurers pay claims on time.

63.   Last year, chiropractors pushed through a bill that would forbid HMOs from not paying claims just because the care was provided by a chiropractor.

64.   Lawyers often organize the groups and sue the insurers if they resist paying claims.

65.   Moral hazard is when the insurance company pays all claims.

66.   Napolitano believes the accounting firm negotiated the settlement in bad faith and said she will seek to impound assets of both Andersen and its insurer to pay investor claims.

67.   None of the experts remembered paying any claims as a result of the TWA sickout.

68.   Often, it paid borderline claims that it might legally have rejected.

69.   Other managed-care companies that have gotten into trouble piqued regulators by taking forever to pay claims.

70.   Paying the claim would close another sad chapter of the Vietnam War.