41.   Business groups opposed to the mental-health provision say companies will drop their mental health coverage to avoid the cost of compliance with the bill.

42.   But extending health coverage to more and more children can seem a little weird if you are simultaneously closing child health facilities.

43.   But he also earned the favor of Democrats by coupling welfare reform with job training, health coverage and child care to ease the transition from welfare to work.

44.   But it may be too late, Lipsky said, to achieve those goals by expanding jobless benefits and health coverage for the unemployed.

45.   But larger companies that already offer limited mental health coverage would have to increase benefits to the same level as that for other medical and surgical treatment.

46.   But none of the youngsters has health coverage.

47.   But Reischauer said that percentage is rapidly shrinking as employers stop providing health coverage to former workers and the cost of Medigap insurance rises.

48.   But many experts immediately faulted the study and expressed concern it could lead to restricted health coverage.

49.   But the budget office said the requirement relating to mental health coverage could impose new costs on many employers and lead some to drop health insurance altogether.

50.   But the talks centered on their opposing philosophies toward helping jobless workers retain health coverage.