1.   Bush also proposed a big increase in Medicare payments to health maintenance organizations, in the hope that he could reverse their exodus from the program.

2.   By increasing payments, Congress hopes to reverse the exodus.

3.   By increasing those payments, Congress hopes to reverse the exodus.

4.   Congress should make other changes to reverse the exodus of HMOs from Medicare.

5.   In each of the last two years, Congress increased Medicare payments to HMOs in an effort to reverse their exodus from the program.