During the week that Lehman Brothers fell, most financial firms posted messages on their websites that included videos of the CEO or letters from upper management that discussed the financial health of their firms but offered few direct messages to clients, Corporate Insight noted.

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Over the next several months many letters were sent to CMS, the Office of Management and Budget and the White House from stakeholders who were disappointed with the delay and those that wanted to see the final regulation put forth.

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