31.   Breaux and Magaziner would both have offered new benefits, including prescription drug coverage, while creating strong incentives for subscribers to choose lower-cost health plans.

32.   Bush expressed the hope that the parties could reach compromises on education, tax cutting and Medicare prescription drug coverage, the lawmakers said.

33.   Bush says he also favors prescription drug coverage for those on Medicare.

34.   Bush says he favors prescription drug coverage for those on Medicare.

35.   Bush has proposed allowing private insurance companies to compete for Medicare clients, while Gore has proposed adding a subsidy for prescription drug coverage to the current Medicare plan.

36.   Bush hopes that as more retirees choose these plans, fewer will be left without drug coverage.

37.   Bush is far less specific about how drug coverage would work in the long term, leaving the details to a task force that would be convened next year.

38.   Bush seems to be leaning toward a private-market model for Medicare drug coverage.

39.   Bush also promises to cover the full cost of drug coverage for the low-income elderly, and add an entirely new and important benefit for all seniors.

40.   Bush has said he favors a bipartisan congressional proposal to give Medicaid beneficiaries the option of selecting from a range of private health plans that would include drug coverage.