[' ', 'mm', 'Mm', 'TOPIC:', 'Medicaid', 'Suits', '(General)', 'ebil', 'bu', 'u', 'KEY', 'THEME:', 'States', 'are', 'wasting', 'time', 'and', 'taxpayer', 'money', 'in', 'a', 'futile', 'attempt', 'to', 'help', 'trial', 'lawyers', 'make', 'money.', 'SOUNDBITE:', '"They', 'should', 'call', 'this', 'the', 'trial', 'lawyers', 'relief', 'act.', 'No', 'one', 'else', 'benefits."', 'MUST', 'AIR:', 'It', 'is', 'difficult', 'to', 'understand', 'why', 'the', 'states', 'are', 'doing', 'this.', '°', 'Factoid:', 'Any', 'recoveries', 'will', 'go', 'mostly', 'to', 'the', 'contingency', 'fee', 'lawyers', 'retained', 'by', 'the', 'state.', 'There', 'will', 'be', 'nothing', 'for', 'consumers,', 'no', 'refunds,', 'no', 'checks,', 'no', 'tax', 'cuts.', '.', 'Factoid:', 'In', 'reality,', 'this', "isn't", 'so', 'much', 'a', 'lawsuit', 'as', 'tax', 'in', 'disguise.', 'But', 'lawsuits,', 'and', 'especially', 'this', 'one,', 'are', 'poor', 'ways', 'to', 'raise', 'revenue.', '.', 'Factoid:', 'If', 'a', 'state', 'spent', 'a', 'fraction', 'of', 'the', 'time', 'and', 'energy', "they'll", 'spend', 'on', 'this', 'lawsuit', 'cleaning', 'up', 'Medicaid', 'fraud,', 'there', 'would', 'be', 'an', 'immediate', 'return', 'for', 'every', 'resident', 'in', 'the', 'state.', 'e', 'Factoid:', 'pending', 'class-action', 'cases', 'include', 'Medicaid', 'recovery', 'plaintiffs,', 'and', 'states', 'could', 'attach', 'any', 'monies', 'recovered', 'So', 'why', 'spend', 'taxpayer', 'dollars', 'to', 'bring', 'a', 'state', 'suit?', 'STET', '€2LTS', ' ', ' ']