Sentences with phrase «access to health care services»

This year 850 pieces of legislation relating to women's reproductive health have been introduced nationwide, only a small minority of which support access to health care services.

* Funding certainty for CSRs: Cost - sharing reduction subsidies play a pivotal role in ensuring access to health care services for very low - income enrollees, helping these individuals better afford their co-pays, deductibles, and other out - of - pocket costs.

«We know how to reduce the teen pregnancy rate in this country: years of research shows that high - quality sex education, encouraging parents to talk with their children about sex, and ensuring access to health care services makes a measurable difference,» continued Kantor.

Worse, there are hundreds of families who have already faced the crushing reality of worrying about personal bankruptcy and / or adequate access to health care services when a loved one has fallen ill.

Granite Staters will lose access to health care services when we need them the most, in the midst of an opioid epidemic, if the funding cliff isn't fixed.

The report, «How Medicaid Expansions and Future Community Health Center Funding Will Shape Capacity to Meet the Nation's Primary Care Needs,» estimates that under a worst - case scenario, the nation's health centers would be forced to contract, leaving an estimated 1 million low - income people without access to health care services by the year 2020.

«A spouse can help keep doctor's appointments and provide transportation, making for easier access to health care services,» said Dr. Jeffrey Berger, another senior member of the project and a preventive cardiologist at NYU.

The data for the study came from annual random telephone surveys during 2001 through 2011 that asked 345,211 New Englanders questions about their general, physical and mental health, and their use of and access to health care services including cholesterol testing and screening for cancers of the breast, colon and cervix.

The challenges facing rural schools are staggering — concentrated poverty, inadequate access to health care services, early childhood education and after - school programs, ballooning class size, high transportation costs, teacher shortages, and lack of broadband access.

First, the College's objective that was sufficiently important to warrant overriding a constitutionally - protected right or freedom; that objective was the facilitation of patient access to health care services, so that the religious and conscientious objections of physicians would not become a barrier to health care.

Thus, Pennsylvania health insurance is mandatory for anyone living in the state who wants access to health care services and personal financial protection for potentially costly medical conditions.

Similarly, the state has one of the lowest HMO penetration rates, further restricting options that balance affordable health insurance with reliable access to health care services.

Moreover, this rule permits health care providers to refuse to perform any service they deem morally objectionable — which raises critical questions about access to all health care services.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are getting better access to health care services.

Disease rates are higher among some population groups, such as African - Americans.3 These higher disease rates have been attributed to other risk factors such as poverty and overcrowding, while higher mortality rates have been linked to limited access to health care services.3, 4 Living conditions, such as overcrowding, can result in a higher exposure to potential carriers of Neisseria meningitidis.4

The city has announced it is adding even more benefits for IDNYC cardholders, this time to improve access to health care services.

Today's decision will ensure that crucial information and access to health care services for people in need is provided by organizations and individuals committed to these principles, not just by those who meet a government viewpoint litmus test.

Based on our Bill Rights which provides that «the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to have access to health care services», our Department of Trade and Industry has developed a draft IP Policy which intends to initiate the amendment of several IP laws, amongst which is our Patents Act.

Patients with rare diseases may seek to use human rights legislation to contest decisions that have the effect of denying them access to health care services.

The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services told CityNews that it will not publicly address individual cases, particularly where the personal health matters of inmates are involved, but did note that «all inmates have access to health care services».

And when the premiums can no longer be afforded, many people will raise their deductibles and lower their benefits until their health insurance policy no longer protects them from financial ruin and / or no longer guarantees them access to the health care services they need.

The population is aging, access to health care services is expanding and, generally, the demand for health care is growing.

Resumes in this field showcase such responsibilities as focusing on efforts to improve the health of women before, during, and after pregnancy; and conducting outreach and enrollment in health coverage, as well as coordination and facilitation of access to health care services.

A person's immigration status should not hinder their access to health care services.