31.   Patients could sue HMOs and other group health plans in state court if the health plans failed to authorize coverage ordered by an independent medical reviewer.

32.   Purchasers, whose ranks include large retail chains and providers, can buy pharmaceuticals directly from drugmakers or through group purchasing plans.

33.   Prince said the groups plan to file within a few days their notice of intent to pursue a recall against Slavkin.

34.   Recent studies suggest that group plans do cut costs, while quality does not appear to have been sacrificed.

35.   Such group health plans could be exempted from state insurance regulation.

36.   Sponsors of the legislation say that individuals who have paid insurance premiums for years under group plans deserve access to insurance.

37.   That law prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to individuals with gene-based diseases in group health care plans.

38.   The bill filed Wednesday would place a one-year moratorium on the commissioner from issuing regulations on any auto insurance group marketing plan.

39.   The bills also would make it easier for workers who formerly had insurance through a group plan to apply for such coverage just for themselves or their families.

40.   The city PBA also named Hartman as the insurance broker for the group life insurance plan that is offered at a steep discount to all union members.