Sentences with phrase «average state of health»

Furthermore, the amount of your policy is calculated according to the average state of health of people your age and not according to yours.

Not exact matches

Lastly, the rankings factored health care costs based on three data points: (1) the average health insurance premium, sourced from KFF.org; (2) portion of health costs covered by Medicare, sourced from CMS.gov; and (3) state rankings on senior health outcomes from AmericasHealthRankings.org.

On the other hand, Rhode Island's health care scores are actually great, thanks to its seniors being among the healthiest in the country — seventh of all the states — and the third - highest average Medicare payments in the country.

Alexis Santos, a Puerto Rican demographer at Penn State, and Jeffrey Howard, an independent health scientist and epidemiologist, calculated average monthly deaths from 2010 through 2016 using a methodology that other researchers have told Vox is one of the best ways to calculate estimates of disaster deaths.

Methodology: Based on each state's median household income, states were ranked according to the percentage of the median paycheck that was left over after subtracting the following: (1) average housing cost per paycheck, (2) total amount spent on food per paycheck, (3) total amount spent on utilities per paycheck, (4) total amount spent on transportation per paycheck and (5) total amount spent on health per paycheck.

According to the National Institute of Health, the average American gains about 1 pound from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day which is contrary to the often stated 5 to 10 pound weight gain.

The long - awaited report, written by occupational health specialists at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, stated that the rates of cancer - 25 reported cases in current and former staff members - and other illnesses at the school were no higher than normal statewide averages.

Many oil or mineral rich monarchies or authoritarian regimes use nationalized / royalty owned oil and / or mineral wealth to dramatically limit domestic taxation and to fund a welfare state for average citizens, sometimes with straight cash dispersals, sometimes with heavily subsidized prices for certain essentials of life, and sometimes by heavily subsidizing services like health care and education.

Over the past four years, school aid has grown at an average annual rate of 4.4 percent, while the Department of Health's Medicaid program has increased 3.3 percent annually on average.5 To maintain overall growth of about 2 percent per year in total state spending, all other spending growth has been held to only 1.0 percent per year on average.

In other states, it's projected that the end of CSR would trigger premium hikes averaging 19 percent for non-group health plans offered on Obamacare exchanges — likely causing more Americans to drop coverage and more insurance companies to withdraw from the market.

New York State insurers selling plans on the individual market are asking the Cuomo administration to raise average premiums by more than 17 percent, a consequence of rising medical costs, decreasing federal funding and misplaced assumptions about the health of consumers.

Republican Senate candidates across the country have seen an opening against Democrats who support the Affordable Health Care Act in light of news that premiums are going up an average of 25 percent in the 39 states served by the federally run online market.

Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that enacting medical malpractice reform would, on average, reduce malpractice insurance costs by 10 percent nationwide, and probably more in New York, resulting in a more than $ 300 million of overall reduction in health care spending in our state budget.

But while tax revenues have been successfully limited under the cap, Michael Borges with the New York State Association of School Business Officials said districts» costs, including health care and transportation, have continued to rise much faster than the average rate of inflation.

If the initial cap is set high enough, and allows for a rate of inflation based on actual medical costs, which is higher than the average rate of inflation, then the state could be able to meet its costs to cover health care for people on Medicaid who obtained coverage under Obamacare.

ALBANY — Hoosick Falls residents who drank from the tainted municipal water supply have, on average, more than 30 times the national level of a toxic chemical in their blood, according to state health department data obtained by POLITICO.

The average American has 2 micrograms per liter of PFOA in their blood, according to state health department officials.

But, while tax revenues have been successfully limited under the cap, Michael Borges, with the New York State Association of School Business Officials, says schools» costs, including health care and transportation, have continued to rise much faster than the average rate of inflation.

In medical marijuana states, each physician prescribed an average of 1826 fewer doses of conventional pain medication each year, they reported in the July issue of Health Affairs.

New estimates released from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) project that aggregate health care spending in the United States will grow at an average annual rate of 5.8 percent for 2012 - 22, or 1.0 percentage point faster than the expected growth in the gross domestic product (GDP).

All the participants were in their usual state of health at the times of measurement and, on average, had three study visits at which measurements were taken.

Community health centers in the restrictive states had significantly more limited outreach and enrollment resources and had significantly fewer enrollment staff (an average of three full - time enrollment staff in restrictive states compared to six in full implementation states.)

While the average rate of growth has decreased steadily since the 1970s, Moses says the 18 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) that the United States spends on health care is 50 to 60 percent higher than any other developed country.

We at Science Careers see little ethical equivalence between the chattel slavery practiced in the United States before 1865 and employment in an academic institution, but there is a coincidental connection: Seven years (the approximate length of the average biomedical Ph.D.) plus 5 years (the maximum allowable time for a postdoc supported by the National Institutes of Health, and the length of many postdocs these days) equals 12 years.

«In general, life gets better as you age in the sense that older adults on average have fewer hassles — and respond to them better — than younger adults,» said Carolyn Aldwin, a gerontology professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University and lead author on the study.

For example, the Department of Health and Human Services states that the average American eats less than 60 percent of the suggested amount of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy products and seafood.

A recent health report by investigative reporter Martha Rosenberg stated that between 1960 and 2000, the weight of the average adult American increased by 24 pounds.

The intake of dietary fiber among people living in Western countries remains low, and according to the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), it averages 17 g per day in the United States.24 Although patients with diabetes are advised to increase their intake of dietary fiber, in the NHANES study, their average daily intake was found to be only 16 g. 24 Why the intake of dietary fiber in patients with diabetes remains low — despite its well - documented effect of lowering plasma cholesterol concentrations — remains unexplained.

Many people believe that mineral depletion in the world's farming soils has seriously reduced the amount of natural minerals in the average diet necessary to maintain a state of good health.

Although the average dietary intakes of vitamin D in the United States are below guideline levels, data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that more than 80 percent of Americans had adequate vitamin D levels in their blood (2).

The United Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that publishes an annual «health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that publishes an annual «health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent obese.

«To improve the quality of education; make health and safety improvements; modernize / construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities: and improve P.E. fields and facilities; shall Laton Joint Unified School District issue $ 7,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, averaging $ 421,000 annually as long as bands are outstanding at a rate of approximately 6 cents per $ 100 assessed value, with annual audits, an independent citizens» oversight committee, no money for salaries, and funding that can not be taken by the State?»

We also ranked each state's debt health by considering the percentage of households that carried credit card debt, the average amount of that debt, and the percentage of credit accounts that were past due by 90 days or more.

To gauge the savings health of each state, we looked at each state's participation rate in both savings accounts and retirement accounts along with the average amount saved in each type of account.

The state of Kerala in southwest India is a socio - economic abberation: despite a per capita GDP of US$ 247, far below the world average, its 32 million people enjoy good health care, US - level birth rates, literacy rates and life expectancies.

Testimony from the state also noted the higher - than - average population of elderly adults in Florida and their vulnerability to health problems spurred by heat exposure.

That move came several weeks after Dr. Mona Hanna - Attisha, director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, reported that the percentage of children in Flint with above - average levels of lead in their blood had almost doubled since the city stopped using water from Lake Huron.

For example, according the HHS 2011 Poverty Guidelines, for a single adult with no spouse or children, he or she would have needed to average less than $ 10,890 in income to be eligible, as well as meeting the other requirements, such as a lack of recent health insurance, and other requirements by the individual state.

John has previously represented the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and South Carolina Employee Insurance Program in lawsuits brought against a number of pharmaceutical companies in the Average Wholesale Price litigation.

Comment: One commenter stated that just the development and documentation of new health information policies and procedures (which would require an analysis of the federal regulations and state law privacy provisions), would cost far more than the $ 396 cited in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as the average start - up cost for small businesses.

There is no strict average on how much health insurance costs in the state of Connecticut.

Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the average cost for long - term care in the United States exceeds $ 6,000 per month for a semi-private room in a nursing home and $ 3,000 per month for care in an assisted living facility.

According to an analysis of premiums for silver tiered plans being offered on new government health insurance exchanges, Minnesota was the only state in the nation to have average monthly premiums of less than $ 200.

What's happening to premiums: 26.2 % average increase Participating insurers: AmBetter (Celtic), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, CHRISTUS Health, Community Health Choice, FirstCare (SHA), IdealCare (Sendero), Molina, Oscar Health Other stuff to know: Texas has a higher rate of enrollees who don't receive subsidies than some other states and therefore residents can't expect to be shielded from premium increases.

Enrollment deadline: Dec. 15, 2017 What's happening to premiums: 38 % average increase Participating insurers: Blue Cross of Idaho, Mountain Health CO-OP, PacificSource, SelectHealth Other stuff to know: Idaho uses a state exchange, Your Health Idaho.

What's happening to premiums: 38 % average increase Participating insurers: Health Plan of Nevada, SilverSummit (Centene Corporation) Other stuff to know: Insurers Prominence and Anthem, which provided plans to rural counties in Nevada last year, pulled out of the state's exchange over the summer.

Below is the average vasectomy cost with health insurance in each state's major metro area based on Amino's network rate, defined as an «estimate of the pre-negotiated amount that your providers might bill your insurance for care.»

An average quote for health insurance in Michigan of $ 1,868 for single coverage and $ 4,118 for family coverage is far cheaper than the national averages of $ 2,613 and $ 5,799, according to the AHIP's Health Insurance Overview and Economic Impact on the Shealth insurance in Michigan of $ 1,868 for single coverage and $ 4,118 for family coverage is far cheaper than the national averages of $ 2,613 and $ 5,799, according to the AHIP's Health Insurance Overview and Economic Impact on the SHealth Insurance Overview and Economic Impact on the States.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services» 2017 Annual Insurance Survey, the average monthly premium for individuals in the United States was $ 476 (or $ 5,712 per year).

ValuePenguin's table has a few examples of average annual premiums for individuals in select states to give you an idea of the average cost of health insurance.