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One reason for plaintiffs counsel's recent affinity for third-party payers as plaintiffs is to avoid the prescribing physician problem that has led to decision after decision rejecting certification of classes of prescription drug consumers.Anyway, the upshot of Operating Engineers is judicial recognition, by an influential state supreme court, that diversity of decision-making extends to large institutional payers as well. [read post]