1.   Also late Tuesday, the Senate began debate on a provision to require wealthy seniors to pay higher premiums for Medicare coverage.

2.   Gramm blamed Clinton for possible demise of the proposal to make wealthier seniors pay a higher premium to participate in the doctor-visit portion of Medicare.

3.   It may be paid by seniors, but they are affluent seniors.

4.   --More seniors are paying high premiums for Medicare HMOs.

5.   She estimated that seniors pay roughly one-third of the entire tax.

6.   Supporters said that seniors would pay less for prescription care.

7.   The CBO figures are crucial to the credibility of the Republican Medicare plan, which would require seniors to pay higher premiums in an effort to reduce government costs.

8.   To get the benefit, seniors would pay a still-to-be-defined premium.

9.   A group of drug makers criticized the report, saying it implies that all seniors pay the same prices for each drug.

10.   Democrats generally favor establishment of prescription drug coverage under Medicare, a system in which seniors would pay a monthly premium in exchange for a standard benefit.