51.   The House has passed a Republican bill based mainly on subsidizing private insurance to cover prescription costs.

52.   The proposal envisions a new private insurance market, with government subsidies for lower income seniors as well as those with unusually high prescription drug costs.

53.   The proposal would help states subsidize prescription drug costs for millions of older, poorer Americans.

54.   The second bill focuses on subsidizing prescription drug costs under traditional Medicare coverage.

55.   West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise has made the issue of controlling soaring prescription drug costs one of his top priorities.