1.   However, legal experts said the Supreme Court decision ensures that a Kennedy-like bill is the only way to make HMOs vulnerable to patient lawsuits.

2.   The Democratic bill would have changed federal law to permit patient lawsuits in state court when health plan coverage denials caused injury or death.

3.   All patient lawsuits over the denial or delay of medical treatment would be limited to federal courts.

4.   Bush and many GOP lawmakers say patient lawsuits belong in federal court.

5.   Bush, meeting with Republicans at the White House, praised a bipartisan substitute introduced by House lawmakers who, like Bush, want limits on patient lawsuits.

6.   But their plan would restrict many patient lawsuits to federal courts.

7.   But lawmakers mostly disagree over patient lawsuits.

8.   But their plan would restrict patient lawsuits to federal courts.

9.   He pushed publicly for a bill that would curb patient lawsuits but considered concessions in private talks.