People without private coverage will pay for services according to income.

Insurance companies took note of that, so private coverage became out of the question, she said.

Those changes include a decline in private coverage and growth of state-sponsored insurance programs for children.

According to the report, beneficiaries with average drug costs and no private coverage will spend roughly $2,300 this year.

Other home workers are not, so employers may have to pay for private coverage.

The revenue would cover the cost of insuring all 37 million Americans without private medical coverage.

The House bill would eliminate the need for about half of the private coverage.

Many people already have private coverage duplicating that of the new law.

About $1,500 of that would be used to buy private medical coverage.

In addition, the report said, the proportion of children with private coverage decreased every year from 1989 to 1994.