31.   South Florida, with its large elderly population and high concentration of doctors and hospitals, is expected to have a free-for-all of competing plans.

32.   Standing in the way, however, is a competing plan being prepared in the House and backed by Gov. Fife Symington.

33.   That survey will be used to rate local managed care plans when Medicare beneficiaries have the option, this fall, of enrolling in a variety of competing plans.

34.   That is a sweeping subject at the heart of several competing plans, including one sponsored by Silver that is before the Legislature.

35.   The competing plans on Medicare premiums illustrate the broader philosophical dispute.

36.   The competing Senate plans share several core principles.

37.   The council supports a competing plan that would give it control over any reforms before sending the plan to voters.

38.   The delegates also approved an all-out effort to allow consumers to choose their health insurance from among competing plans, as they now choose auto insurance.

39.   The Department of Public Utilities rejected a competing plan to overlay the new area codes over present ones.

40.   The Kohlberg, Kravis suit, technically not part of bankruptcy proceedings, comes at a time when bondholders are voting on competing plans for Walter Industries.