41.   If the premiums are too low to cover the cost of expanding Medicare, they say, the Government can simply raise the premiums.

42.   If the companies simply keep raising premiums, the government or business or the consumer will eventually object.

43.   If the few survivors shrink to one or two, Angoff said, they could exert monopolist powers, cutting corners on care and raising premiums with abandon.

44.   In addition to cutting funds and raising premiums, the GOP plan also depends heavily on the private sector.

45.   In addition, HMOs have announced they will raise premiums after keeping them low over the last couple of years to boost enrollment growth.

46.   In the last few weeks, managed care organizations for Medicare recipients have announced that they will raise premiums and cut benefits.

47.   In recent years, health plans have been raising their premiums to cover rising expenses.

48.   Insurers contend that the laws will force them to raise premiums, while drug companies say the restrictions will make it harder to conduct research and test new drugs.

49.   Insurers would write them checks and then raise the premiums they charged employers.

50.   Insurers are responding to the crisis largely by raising premiums and excluding coverage of sexual abuse by priests.