In a landmark development, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has reached a $2.8 billion settlement to resolve antitrust claims brought by health care providers, including chiropractors. The lawsuit accused BCBS of dividing the nation into exclusive regions and limiting competition, which resulted in lower reimbursements for providers. Although BCBS denies any wrongdoing, the company agreed to the settlement to avoid lengthy litigation – and you can get a piece of the pie.
Not All Search Engines Are Created Equal
With approximately 30 million web site pages on the Internet, the volume of material accessible on any given subject is dramatically dependant on one's choice of a "search engine."
To illustrate this point, we did an Internet search for "chiropractic" using a number of the more popular search engines:
Alta Vista | 44,800 |
Excite | 15,864 |
Galaxy | 93 |
HotBot | 22,638 |
Infoseek | 11,097 |
Lycos | 4,481 |
Magellan | 1,226 |
MetaCrawler | 49 |
WebCrawler | 1,366 |
Yahoo | 178 |
Note: WebCrawler is the standard search engine for America Online. All of the other search engines are pre-installed with Netscape Navigator.