The beneficiary has not obtained 30 Years of Coverage (YOCs) at the age of 62 years old.

The terms of the Oprawa wdowia stated that the beneficiary could obtain the full sovereignty over the land for her life, and could lose it in two cases: if she remarried or became a nun (resignation wasn't counted).

Under the Grassley-Baucus proposal, beneficiaries could obtain drug coverage as a separate item from government-subsidized "prescription drug plans," which cover pharmaceutical costs and nothing else.

On the other side, the beneficiaries of the trade obtain a superprofit.

The program is optional and beneficiaries can obtain the drug benefit by voluntarily purchasing insurance policies from private drug plans that are competing for their business or from private Medicare Advantage health plans.

Mr. Bush and his allies were pushing a system in which many more beneficiaries obtained all their medical care - not just their drug benefits - through private health plans, which would receive a fixed sum from the government.

But they acknowledge that it often costs more than an H.M.O., and they say there is no guarantee that beneficiaries can obtain Medigap policies covering prescription drugs, one of the biggest medical expenses for people who are elderly or disabled.

All beneficiaries could obtain drug discounts of the type already available to many people who receive private health insurance through their employers.

Under Tricare Prime, beneficiaries must choose a primary care physician and obtain referrals and authorizations for specialty care.

In this way, the beneficiary obtains the use of property without being its technical owner.