Some employers might drop coverage and thereby qualify their workers for Federal subsidies.

His employers drop him off on the nearest non-hostile world.

If premiums get too high, employers will either drop health benefits or cap their contributions, leaving more for workers to pay.

Some small employers dropped their health plans because of rapidly rising premiums under the new system.

The Republicans argued that it would cost too much and could lead employers to drop coverage.

But at least now small employers can still drop insurance, and under the Clinton plan, they would be out of business.

Many employers might decide that this benefit is just too expensive - and drop all insurance for their retired employees.

The employer could not drop or change the terms of the health insurance benefit.

As a result, some employers have been dropping insurance coverage altogether for certain classes of those drugs.

Even if employers drop their retiree coverage, many will probably wait a year or two after 2006, experts say.