He never had any relationship to the company to begin with. ... He never even practiced here. We specifically never lobby him.

We're the largest investor-owned health-care company in the country. We feel like it's incumbent on us to participate.

We were hoping to build a small, profitable company. And of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company.

It changes each quarter, it fluctuates pretty widely.

Bringing a suit like that as a class-action is obviously designed to be sensational, get media attention. And, unfortunately, these are the kinds of lawsuits that drive up health care costs for everybody in the system.

We will defend ourselves vigorously against the allegations.