81.   The Senate yesterday unanimously passed a bill that would make it harder for insurers to deny coverage to people with medical problems.

82.   The unhealthiest are simply denied coverage unless they have it through current or former employers.

83.   Their bill prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to those who have group coverage but switch jobs or are laid off.

84.   They are, in part, a response to the recent Time magazine cover story about the California woman denied coverage for a recommended bone marrow transplant.

85.   They fear it would let any business owner who is deeply religious deny employees coverage that pays for contraceptives.

86.   They then calculated that most of those extra people would be denied Medicaid coverage under the Republican budget plans.

87.   Today any insurance company can, first of all, deny you coverage.

88.   To prevent managed care providers from denying coverage to patients, the Senate Democrats say Congress needs to hand patients a bigger legal stick.

89.   Typically, the measures prohibit insurance companies and health plans from requiring genetic tests or using the results to deny coverage or increase premiums.

90.   Women were denied coverage for these procedures even if they lived in states where coverage for breast reconstruction was mandatory.