The phrase "alter benefits" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications to benefits, such as in employment or insurance contexts.
Example: "The company decided to alter benefits to better meet the needs of its employees."
Alternatives: "modify benefits" or "change benefits".
Ms. Sebelius emphasized that states already had substantial discretion to alter benefits and establish or increase co-payments.
Vilsack and Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, a Republican, states would accept some limits on the growth of federal Medicaid spending in return for sweeping new power to alter benefits and eligibility.
(As a result, all three states are now ensnared in court challenges over whether they can alter benefits for current retirees — cases that could have a huge impact on state budgets, depending on how far states are ultimately allowed to go in rolling back already-promised benefits).
In fact, most long-term care insurance policies can be modified to alter benefits or riders to keep costs down.
"They would use this as an excuse to try it [to alter benefits for current pensioners.]".
It would also alter pension benefits for existing workers, allowing them to choose either a similar, second-tier benefits plan or to pay significantly more out of their own pockets for the benefits they had come to expect.
Each option can be assessed in terms of its likely local benefits, harms and costs or cost-effectiveness, and in terms of whether any adaptations might alter these benefits, harms and costs and related stakeholder views and experiences.
But states could alter Medicaid benefits for other recipients, Mr. Thompson said.
The vice-president himself would do nothing to alter the benefits structure of Social Security.
The governors readily embraced Mr. Bush's proposal to give states power to alter Medicaid benefits, modify eligibility rules and charge higher co-payments.
