One of the things that need to be addressed is the size of malpractice awards which cause expensive defensive medicine among other problems.

I agree with you 100%. That is why I say the first step to health care reform is tort reform.

Are you going to SW Fox?

I wish that we could be there. but we can't make it this year. We are going to England to visit with Andy's 92 year old mother. We want to spend as much time with her as we can while we still have the chance to do so <s>.