TMA files lawsuit vs. health insurers Says companies' policies imperil patients' well-being By John Gerome, Associated Press April 26, 2002 NASHVILLE - Tennessee's largest physician's organization sued the state's four biggest health insurers Thursday, alleging their managed-care practices threaten patients' health. The Tennessee Medical Association's class-action lawsuits filed in state court name Aetna Inc., BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, CIGNA HealthCare and United HealthCare. The physicians allege that because of the "extraordinary unequal bargaining positions" between the medical association and the insurance companies, the association's 6,600 members are forced into entering one-sided contracts that infringe on the doctor-patient relationship and threaten...