71. Big players in the individual market include Mutual of Omaha and Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans. 72. Blue Cross offers a number of other health plans for seniors that have more modest drug coverage and higher deductibles than Medex Gold. 73. Both bills would guarantee coverage for people moving from one employer-sponsored health plan to another. 74. Both measures drew opposition from insurance companies, who said the bills would drive up their costs and possibly force small businesses to drop their health plans. 75. Both promise Medicare beneficiaries a variety of new insurance options, including coverage through health maintenance organizations and health plans organized by doctors and hospitals. 76. Both Reilly and university officials said they are not backing out of negotiations to bring Harvard onto a rescue plan for the health plan. 77. Both parties want private entities to manage drug benefits for Medicare patients, as they do in employer-sponsored health plans. 78. Both the administration and Congress support expanding the types of health plans available to senior citizens as part of the Medicare legislation. 79. Bradley had made his deep commitment to racial unity a central campaign theme and was particularly upset when Gore charged his health plan would hurt blacks and Hispanics. 80. -- Prohibit insurers from declining to cover certain employees in a group health plan. |