41.   The Bush administration said the existing rules, inherited from President Bill Clinton, could harm patients by delaying care.

42.   The government has also agreed to protect Aventis from any liability if the vaccine harms some patients, he said.

43.   The House bill would allow patients to sue health plans in state courts for damages if the patients were harmed by a denial of treatment.

44.   The findings are key because studies of so-called anti-arrhythmia drugs in the past have found they actually harm patients.

45.   The nursing homes have been accused of filing false claims for federal medical insurance when they harmed patients by not meeting federal standards.

46.   The owners of Washington State Tissue Services say the FDA order was not based on any proof of contaminated bone and that no patients were harmed.

47.   The reporting lapses can also make it difficult for the Medical Board to identify bad doctors and take action before patients are harmed.

48.   This kind of heavy-handed legislation is likely to harm patients and could even cause more suicides.

49.   Thursday, Koski refused to discuss those cases or others that occurred on his watch in which patients were harmed by rogue investigators.

50.   Whether an EPA cleanup makes sense or not, Couttien said, hangs entirely on the question of whether it would help or harm her patient.