51.   Nearly half the people in Washington are covered by its insurance, making it the largest benefit plan of its sort in the nation.

52.   Most importantly, they like being able to escape the types of staggering liability traditionally associated with traditional pension plans, or defined benefit plans.

53.   Most insurance benefit plans include mental health coverage, and many businesses and organizations are establishing employee assistance programs to assist those needing help.

54.   New Jersey and New York are among five states that administer temporary disability benefit plans.

55.   On the eighth sick day annually, a benefits payment plan kicks in for all employees.

56.   One-size-fits-all benefit plans are simply ill-suited to an American work force that is a complex weave of age, sex, abilities and needs.

57.   Questions cover the structure of savings plans and ask workers to rate a series of different benefit plans, among other things.

58.   Republicans want private insurers to run any prescription drug benefits plan.

59.   Republicans, not surprisingly, want private insurers to run any prescription drug benefits plan.

60.   Still, deciding whether to add a partner to a benefits plan is not just a question of dollars and cents.