Several other people said they did not like the idea that managed care companies could tell them to use different doctors.

Nobody's saying Oxford, or any other health care company, should have to lose money.

As a result, managed care companies have been riding high.

Officials with managed care companies denied that would be the case.

Other managed care companies have margins of 3 percent or less.

We had to change care companies several times they were so bad - and this all added to the stress.

Make the managed care companies pay a reasonable interest on claims greater than 45 days.

Medical care companies are also doing pretty well, particularly the health maintenance organizations.

"Every managed care company in America is looking at this right now," he said.

In the corner of the centre there was a care company's stand.