['.', 'Sl7iisgs', '4', '12:34', 'FAL', '206', '447', '1937', 'HELLER', 'EHRYAN', '»', 'GREG', 'LITTLE', '013/018', 'AO', '72', '(Rev', '8/821', '25', '26', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '|', 'ed', 'Id.', 'at', '495.', ';', 'In', 'a', 'further', 'attempt', 'to', 'camouflage', 'the', 'weaknesses', 'in', 'their’', 'damages', 'claim', 'and', 'distinguish', 'other', 'courts’', 'decisions,', 'the', 'Plans', 'argue', 'that', 'they', 'are', 'not', 'attempting', 'to', 'recover', 'for', 'damages', 'to', 'third', 'persons', '(i.e.', 'Blan', 'members).', 'Rather,', 'they', 'insist', 'they', 'only', 'seek', ' ', 'recovery', 'for', 'damages', 'to', 'the', 'Plans', 'themselves', 'occasioned', 'by', 'the', 'defendants’', 'misdeeds.', 'The', 'Plans', 'concede,', 'as', 'they', 'must,', 'that', 'they', 'cannot', 'sue', 'the', 'defendants', 'directly', 'for', 'damages', 'suffered', 'by', 'individual', 'tebacco', 'users.', 'Thus,', 'they', 'cannot', 'recover', 'money', 'spent', 'on', 'health', 'care', 'for', 'the', 'tobacco-related', 'illnesses', 'of', 'Plan', 'memberg', 'directly', 'from', 'the', 'defendants', 'because', 'their', 'recovery', 'would', 'be', 'limited', 'to', 'their', 'subregation', 'rights', 'vis-a-vis', 'individual', 'Plan', 'j', 'members.', 'They', 'allege', 'instead', 'that', 'they', 'have', 'suffered', 'direct', 'damages', 'to', 'their', '“infrastructure”', 'and', 'financial', 'well-being', 'as', 'a', 'result', 'of', 'the', 'defendants’', 'conduct.', 'The', 'Plans', 'undoubtedly', 'have', 'felt', 'the', 'financial', 'effect', 'of', 'Pig', 'members’', 'tobacco', 'use', 'in', 'the', 'form', 'of', 'health', 'care', 'costs', 'for', 'tobacco-', 'related', 'illnesses.', 'This', 'alone', 'does', 'not', 'give', 'them', 'a', 'basis', 'to', 'recover', 'damages', 'against', 'the', 'defendants,', 'however.', 'No', 'amount', 'of', ' ', 'semantic', 'gymnastics', 'can', 'detract', 'from', 'the', 'conclusion', 'that', 'their', 'claims', 'are', 'completely', 'derivative', 'of', 'the', 'personal', 'injuries', 'to', 'Plan', 'members', 'allegedly', 'caused', 'by', 'the', 'defendants’', 'conduct.', 'The', 'only', 'harm', 'to', 'the', 'Plans’', 'infrastructure', 'or', 'financial', 'well-being', 'that', '¢he', 'defendants', 'could', 'have', 'caused', 'is', 'the', 'greater', 'financial', 'burden', 'o', 'ORDER', 'Page', '-', '10', '-', '+n', 'en', 'ra', 'Fay', 'ho', 'Sc00"', '902']