101.   More dramatically, it costs a lot more because of a prescription drug benefit that while stingy on the front end is open-ended on the back end.

102.   Miller said more pressing issues face the Senate, particularly the enactment of prescription drug benefits for the elderly.

103.   Most HMOs offer prescription drug benefits and other services not provided in the fee-for-service program.

104.   On the campaign trail, Vice President Al Gore and many congressional Democrats have pummeled Republicans as slow to act on prescription drug benefits.

105.   On the campaign trail, President Bush vowed to cover all seniors with a Medicare prescription drug benefit, but he has started out cautiously.

106.   One example is Diagnostek Inc., a company that manages prescription drug benefits for large corporations.

107.   Other Medicare developments, including Senate push for prescription drug benefits.

108.   One plan provided enrollees with a prescription drug benefit that was substantially less than what it had promised to provide in its Medicare contract with the government.

109.   Only through a Medicare overhaul would the drug makers back the creation of a prescription benefit.

110.   Polls also have shown widespread voter support for a Medicare prescription drug benefit.