One matter the people interviewed all say they have thought long and hard about is the question of Medicare coverage of prescription drugs.
At the same time, Mr. Reid and Senator Charles E. Schumer negotiated frantically with Mr. Nelson over several issues, like the emotionally charged question of insurance coverage for abortions.
The question of immigrant coverage remained unanswered until Friday, when the state's deputy health commissioner, Robert Hinckley, said that his office had decided to extend coverage to all legal immigrants.
The Culinary Union has also been working on the broader question of insurance coverage through the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), an umbrella group that includes a number of unions as well as environmental and civil rights groups and chapters of Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.
Discussion about coverage has primarily focused on answering the question: what level of coverage is required to reduce the spread of HIV among people who inject drugs?
To questions of cost and coverage, add one more detail to the national debate about health care: time.
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Quality of adherence counseling such as (1) duration of the counseling sessions, (2) counseling procedures, (3) counselors' responsiveness to clients' questions, (4) coverage of key questions and information including the advantages of ART, drug-specific information, and safe sex practices were measured as well as the patients' adherence to drugs (based on patients' self-report) were explored.
There is no question that the cost of coverage — which currently averages about $5,000 per individual or $13,000 per family — or paying fines could take a substantial bite out of the profits of some firms, forcing them to accept lower earnings, reduce wages, shed some jobs or raise prices.
"What used to drive one or two days of coverage and questions is now readily subsumed every few hours," Gibbs told me.
