31.   Insight is also considering a tiered prescription plan.

32.   Key lawmakers concede that enactment of a big new prescription drug plan is virtually impossible before Congress adjourns next month.

33.   Kaiser Permanente and MVP, two health maintenance organizations, continue not to include Viagra in their prescription plans because of the potential for problems.

34.   Likewise, Bush could pluck his prescription drug plan from his Medicare reform package, though that would likely need modification to attract Democratic support.

35.   Monday, House Republicans announced their prescription drug plan for retirees.

36.   On Tuesday, senators and health experts called as witnesses debated the merits of two bipartisan Medicare prescription plans now before Congress.

37.   On Tuesday he plans to give out more details of a prescription drug plan while barnstorming across Pennsylvania.

38.   Or they could choose to remain in the current Medicare system and still have the option of buying a subsidized prescription drug plan.

39.   Republicans responded that reducing the Social Security rate would not affect Medicare and would not prohibit adoption of a prescription drug plan.

40.   Republicans want private insurers to run any prescription drug benefits plan.