21.   And alternative health plans are available in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

22.   And all health plans must comply with new federal regulations requiring standardized computer language and privacy and security measures to protect patients.

23.   And he thinks the government should help consumers by developing standards for quality care and putting out information about the quality of individual health plans.

24.   And in a city known as a mecca for managed care, health plans may decide the fate of the Heart Hospital.

25.   And in at least one case, a federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld a health plan that had singled out AIDS for special restrictions on coverage.

26.   And few, if any, managed care health plans cover the drug.

27.   And it was he who last week denounced those health plans that had held out for changes in the government directives.

28.   And he supported legislation to prohibit women enrolled in federal health plans from choosing insurance companies that provided abortion coverage, even in those extreme cases, she said.

29.   And as more seniors opt for HMOs, health plans are bound to enroll their share of frail and sick elderly.

30.   And few health plans would risk legal liability by denying treatment that an external review deemed necessary.