11.   And private insurance plans paid more for hospital care here.

12.   And they added that there are many poor women who cannot afford birth control but would use it if it were part of their insurance plans.

13.   And yet, my own primary-care doctor, who accepts many insurance plans, never makes me wait, and never rushes me either.

14.   As managed care replaced traditional insurance plans, it limited the number of chiropractor visits covered by insurance.

15.   At that time, insurance plans started picking and choosing among whom they would cover.

16.   Because Somnoplasty is a new procedure, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration less than two years ago, it is not covered by most insurance plans.

17.   -- Remaining with a traditional insurance plan or even a specific health maintenance organization just to keep existing doctors may be misguided.

18.   A national insurance plan would be put into effect for every soccer player in the country -- young and old, amateur and professional.

19.   A second part of the problem has been that medical insurance plans have been slow to include implant technology as one of the options, she said.

20.   A state law that took effect last July requires insurance plans to cover the cost of contraceptives if they cover other prescriptions.