Sentences with phrase «government picked up the tab»

«It's outrageous, quite frankly, that Collins and Faso were buying votes and giving the IOU to the state of New York,» the governor said, adding that if Congress wanted to relieve New York counties of Medicaid costs, they should have had the federal government pick up the tab.

Once a patient hits that limit, the government picks up the tab again only after the patient has spent thousands of dollars.

The government picks up the tab for shipping.

The institute says that, since the pupils were consuming the same meal they would have otherwise eaten, there «aren't likely to be very many benefits for their health or attainment from having the government pick up the tab».

Nordheimer put a halt to the charges against Moodie until the government picks up the tab for his lawyer, which the court heard could cost a minimum of $ 11,000.

Not exact matches

«So Ontario saved tax money and the federal government had to pick up the tab, and all the while the province thought they were brilliant,» says Krishna.

Right now, the government covers about three - quarters of those premiums, while the lawmakers and their staff members pick up the rest of the tab.

Cruz proposed allowing plans that did not comply with Obamacare's rules back on the market, allowing healthier people to buy those lower - cost plans, and the federal government could pick up the tab for people with higher costs as premiums for Obamacare plans rose:

Let us pay nothing in order to beget nothing and, says this government, let us force those interfering «churchy» institutions — who keep insisting that there is something worth contemplating beyond ourselves — to pick up the tab, for good measure.

It has been estimated that every statewide election costs as much as $ 50 million, with the already cash - strapped local governments forced to pick up the tab.

Liberal Democrats have identified the following problems with Labour's plans to introduce taxpayer - funded meals for primary children: — the Labour Government won't fund a pilot scheme as Islington doesn't meet its criteria so local taxpayers will have to pick up the whole tab.

«Established 40 years ago, the government was supposed to pick up 40 % of the tab.

It's one of many so - called unfunded mandates that have long been a source of contention for local governments, which are left to pay picking up the tab for the decisions that are made at the capitol.

Even so, some local officials want the state and federal governments to pick up the full tab of the storm recovery bill, insisting that to require them to pay their 12.5 percent share would break the bank for already over-taxed property owners.

About 1,500 of the city's 36,000 police officers are deployed full - time to prevent terrorism, and much of the tab is picked up by the federal government, which helps pay for security cameras, chemical - detection equipment, bomb - sniffing dogs and intelligence gathering.

School officials said the federal government will pick up the additional tab.

Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.

It also said the State of Bavaria, rather than the federal government, should pick up the hefty tab for building a storage facility to dispose of spent fuel.

This means local governments would be stuck picking up the tab to support private schools.

«So Ontario saved tax money and the federal government had to pick up the tab, and all the while the province thought they were brilliant,» says Krishna.

I think it would be cleaner to have the federal government simply directly subsidize local borrowing, for example by just picking up the tab for some percentage of the interest paid, but I don't think it would save any money.

And don't expect the government to pick up the tab.

Many parents mistakenly believe that if they don't save for college, they'll be able to shift the costs to their children through loans, or that the federal government and the schools will pick up the tab.

Having anyone, especially the government, pick up your tab for any period of time is always a plus.

Jesus, look at what is happening now on coastlines and people continue to rebuild thinking they can outsmart nature and the government will pick up the tab?

Or should the government have to pick up the tab in unfortunate situations like this.

Under his budget, cash - strapped states and local governments would have to pick up the more than $ 400 million tab for clean up and restoration of these iconic water bodies, stalling years of environmental progress.

And of course the issue of the respective jurisdictions of superior and provincial courts directly concerns the federal government, which would have to pick up a substantial tab for the salaries of additional section 96 appointees if Québec's Superior Court judges are successful.

And don't expect the government to pick up the tab.