51.   He said this offer included the highest wage and benefits package offered to date.

52.   His advisers say his plan also would require federal regulators to establish a minimum drug benefit package for the program.

53.   Holland said the committee probably would approve the benefits package with few or no alterations.

54.   However, an indirect economic influence does not bind plan administrators to any particular choice or preclude uniform administrative practice or the provision of a uniform interstate benefit package.

55.   However, all health plans will need to provide at least the benefit package being offered by traditional Medicare, Thomas said.

56.   His plan would have added prescription drugs and cancer screenings to the Medicare benefit package.

57.   If you let plans design all sorts of benefit packages, that promotes choice, but it also promotes cherry-picking of the healthiest seniors.

58.   In addition, the ILWU wants better benefits packages and pension and wage increases, according to a source close to the talks.

59.   In fact, parts of their benefit package were far below the new standard put out by Microsoft.

60.   In the Chicago area, some employers had to make benefits packages more generous to attract and keep workers, notably in the construction industry.