She said investors were concerned about health plan liability as well as fundamentals of rising medical costs and inadequate payments by Medicare.

Hospitals and physicians are also rebelling against what they consider inadequate payments, and employers are railing against rate increases.

They say their interests coincide with those of Medicare beneficiaries because the quality of care suffers when providers receive inadequate payments.

Had General Transport taken advantage of their naivete to make an inadequate payment?

For almost two decades, cancer researchers in this country have been fighting over inadequate federal payments for clinical trials.

There were many ominous figures for whom jail would have been an inadequate payment for their ambition.

Access to care problems will grow as future doctors avoid specializing in internal medicine and geriatrics because of inadequate payments.

The report attributes much of the problem to soaring health care costs, lagging tax revenues and inadequate payments from the federal government for mandatory programs.

The investigation found inadequate payment, risky working conditions, and exploitative management system in this factory.

Ms. Ignagni said health plans were being "forced out" of the Medicare market by inadequate federal payments.