1.   Although the instinct to provide catastrophic coverage is a good one, it is doubtful enough could be cut from Medicare to finance it.

2.   After that catastrophic coverage would kick in.

3.   But both of their proposals deviate from the ideal model of economic insurance, which would seem to prescribe catastrophic coverage with a deductible and co-payment.

4.   Critics worry that the accounts will appeal mostly to healthy people who will buy catastrophic coverage when they are well and convert to traditional coverage when they are sick.

5.   Kennedy had lobbied hard for catastrophic coverage of prescription drugs and got the item included in the budget, aides in his office said.

6.   Republicans want to make it available to fewer beneficiaries, but provide catastrophic coverage to those with extraordinarily high bills.

7.   The Gore plan also provides catastrophic coverage for expensive drug purchases.

8.   The least expensive coverage, commonly called catastrophic coverage, pays only for hospital stays and surgeries.

9.   The least expensive coverage, commonly called catastrophic coverage, pays only for hospital stays and surgeries. . .

10.   The White House plan focuses on subsidizing initial drug outlays, which Congressional Democrats would amend by adding catastrophic coverage.