51.   Rooney said that Golden Rule sometimes denied coverage to such people or charged them high premiums.

52.   Separately, the panel accepted an amendment that strengthens provisions in the bill to make it harder for HMOs to deny coverage for emergency care.

53.   Senate Republicans and Democrats also differ over what to do about patients who are denied coverage by their managed care providers.

54.   She said her lobby simply wants HMOs to be held legally accountable for denying coverage.

55.   Sixty-one percent of doctors said insurance plans denied coverage for a prescription drug for one of their patients on a weekly or monthly basis.

56.   Some companies deny coverage in certain cases.

57.   State Insurance commissioner Deborah Senn, at a breakfast for her Senate campaign, Tuesday produced a succession of individuals and families who were denied coverage by health insurers.

58.   Tennessee, a pioneer in shifting poor residents into managed care, grappled with marketing abuses that potentially could have cost it millions and denied coverage to legitimate applicants.

59.   That package could include regulations that would make it harder for health plans to deny coverage for emergency care.

60.   That law prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to individuals with gene-based diseases in group health care plans.