Letters to the Editor Wednesday, March 12, 1997  Senate bill
seeks to help people, not the attorneys  Your Feb. 15 editorial,
"Senate bill would improve no-fault," was right on the money --
literally. It seems that the Senate has listened to Hawaii
drivers, and has taken a serious look at bringing costs down on
auto insurance.  A solution that the senators have realized
would NOT work would be to pass on medical costs from accidents
to the individual's health-care insurance.  The Senate bill aims
to improve the current no-fault system, instead of doing away
with it completely. There is potential for savings by improving
what we have now and not switching to an all-tort system.  I
want savings but I do not want to instead pay legal fees that
everyone in an auto accident will have to endure under an all-
tort system.  The Senate bill's goal is to help Hawaii residents
and business owners, not attorneys.  Shawn Ibara  More needs to
be done to help abuse victims  Evaluating the impact of victim
services is not "vi