1.   Also, they often get prescription drug coverage not provided by traditional Medicare.

2.   Among them are prescription drug coverage for senior citizens, Medicare, Social Security and the right of patients to sue their health insurance plan.

3.   And more than a quarter of the elderly have no drug coverage at all.

4.   Another part of the plan would have extended prescription drug coverage to those at or near the poverty level.

5.   Any premium for prescription drug coverage would be added to that.

6.   Another, to be funded by a new cigarette tax, will subsidize drug coverage for the elderly and expand coverage for poor, uninsured children.

7.   As part of the proposal, states could also provide drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries with incomes below the official poverty level.

8.   As a result, many advocates argue, the lack of prescription drug coverage raises important questions of equity.

9.   At the same time, drug coverage for the elderly through other health plans is becoming more limited.

10.   Because of rising drug prices, fewer retirees are getting drug coverage from their employers health programs.