1.   Both bills are opposed by insurance companies and by employers who pay premiums and are concerned that the mandated coverage would increase the cost of those premiums.

2.   Coverage increases.

3.   Coverage increased for those two groups, but not for Hispanics.

4.   For children, as for the population as a whole, coverage increased last year.

5.   Insurance and business groups and some Republicans have claimed that the coverage would increase health-care costs.

6.   Minorities were less likely than whites to have insurance, though coverage increased across all racial and ethnic groups.

7.   The coverage may increase black trench coat sales and put strange ideas in disturbed teen-age minds.

8.   Shower coverage will increase on Wednesday and Thursday.