91.   The Clinton administration told HMOs that they would not be allowed to increase premiums or cut benefits for the elderly.

92.   The fixes include increasing payroll taxes, raising the retirement age and cutting benefits.

93.   The government also wants to cut social security benefits because of an aging population and a slowing birth rate, which has strained government coffers.

94.   The group was not much interested in cutting any benefits.

95.   The first, United Healthcare of Ohio, cut benefits, so he switched.

96.   The initial proposal to cut retirement benefits almost in half infuriated many members of the union.

97.   The Labor Department issued a notice advising workers how retiree health benefits could be cut, so employees could challenge such cutbacks or plan for the possibility.

98.   The lure of privatization has turned a no-win political debate about how much to cut benefits and how much to raise taxes into an exercise with interesting possibilities.

99.   The proposal has the political virtue of closing the deficit in Social Security without cutting retirement benefits.

100.   The pension bill, which now faces voting in both houses of Congress, would cut benefits and increase the retirement age.