71.   She said Aetna was raising premiums in some places and lowering them in other cities.

72.   So Geico and many others have been raising premiums.

73.   That growth will come even though plans will be raising average premiums to offset rising medical costs.

74.   Supporters said the bill improves health care without raising insurance premiums.

75.   That growth will come even though plans will be sharply raising average premiums to offset rising medical costs.

76.   That leaves sicker subscribers in the pool and causes medical costs per person to climb further, forcing the insurer to raise premiums again.

77.   That problem may worsen in the next few years as health maintenance organizations and other health insurers raise their premiums.

78.   The dispute has kept the government partially shut down since midnight Monday, after Clinton vetoed an earlier stopgap bill on the ground that it raised Medicare premiums.

79.   The company generally has been slower than many rivals to raise premiums or turn away customers as claims costs have risen throughout the industry.

80.   The company said the losses would continue into next year before it could again generate profits by raising premiums and tightening cost controls.