21.   Bush would end a requirement that private insurers covering federal employees must offer contraception coverage if they cover prescription drugs.

22.   But critics assert that the program, by offering coverage that private insurance companies are increasingly unwilling to provide, inadvertently encourages unwise development of the coast.

23.   But he said states still would have the option of offering such coverage.

24.   But Snowe said she believed that some insurers would offer drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries, with the federal subsidies envisioned in her bill.

25.   California regulations require that companies selling homeowners insurance in the state also offer earthquake coverage.

26.   Clinton last year signed a bill requiring insurers to offer coverage to many people who could previously have been turned down because of illness or disability.

27.   CNN, C-Span, MSNBC and Fox News will offer extended coverage.

28.   Companies that pay low wages are far less likely to offer coverage.

29.   Congress agreed to pay some of the extra cost once the coverage was offered by private insurers.