Stop providing coverage for poor people.
They also object to providing coverage for certain kinds of intrauterine devices.
Still, providing coverage for private or group work can be extremely helpful.
Mr. Kramer said a strong insurance industry in Bermuda helps the United States economy by providing coverage for catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina that is otherwise scarce.
And only a fourth said that keeping health costs down was a more urgent need than providing coverage for the country's nearly 50 million uninsured.
Congress may try to put some proposals into legislation, to help offset the costs of providing coverage for millions of the uninsured.
By providing coverage for everyone, it will drive up the system's costs and make health care unaffordable for even more people.
The legislation was a major achievement, bringing Medicare into the modern era by providing coverage for outpatient prescription drugs, an indispensable part of today's medical care.
But that growth was mainly in administering benefits for self-insured large employers, which is usually less profitable for insurers than providing coverage for small businesses and individuals.
Ultimately, the lawmakers approved the higher level, thereby providing coverage for 200,000 children who would have been excluded under Mr. Bush's proposal.
The federal government implemented Medicare and Medicaid as part of the Social Security amendments of 1965, providing coverage for senior citizens and the poor, respectively.
