11.   But most women get only half of that amount, say health specialists.

12.   But whatever the reasons, the result, some health specialists say, is a wasted opportunity.

13.   Christa Sprinkle, a drug and mental health specialist in Portland, urges a carrot-and-stick approach of services tied to penalties for those who do not comply.

14.   Dr. Michael Grodin, another BU health law specialist, challenged arguments that physician-assisted suicide should be legalized to prevent prosecution of doctors who help people die.

15.   Edna Mendoza, a health education specialist, is one of the new workers who travel the region giving presentations on basic sanitation using colorful posters and flip charts.

16.   Even GOP health specialists say the result is likely to be fewer services and more poor people without coverage.

17.   Faye Power, health improvement program specialist for the Muscogee County schools in Columbus, Ga., knows first hand.

18.   For the doctors, however, running their own show could represent quite a change, say health specialists.

19.   Furthermore, the suicide rate is remarkably stable, while mental health specialists are convinced that the US rate of depression has sharply increased.

20.   Health finance specialists anticipate the affluent elderly eventually may be forced to shoulder higher Medicare co-payments.