1.   As an assemblyman, he sponsored legislation requiring health insurers to cover the cost of mammograms.

2.   As it stands now, many private insurers cover abortion, but consumers can buy insurance that does not include it.

3.   Assemblyman David S. Sidikman has introduced a bill that would require insurers to cover the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

4.   Both options are often covered by insurers, at least partially, and thanks to advances in restorative dentistry, may in some cases be better choices.

5.   A new law in Washington State requires insurers to cover alternative treatments.

6.   A law requires health insurers to cover certain services by chiropractors that are similar to those provided by physicians.

7.   A provision to require insurers to cover mental illness as fully as physical ailments may face rough going to clear Congress, even though it has passed the Senate.

8.   But because it has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for full-blown MS and not for patients merely at risk, some insurers may not cover it.

9.   But House-Senate negotiators dropped from the legislation a requirement that insurers cover mental health on parity with their coverage of physical health.