Sentences with phrase «health care cost more»

The insurance company says they have to charge more, because health care cost more, to cover those not insured.

McKinney says he would re-open contracts and seek concessions from state employees to make pension and health care costs more affordable.

When this health care costs more than $ 100 per year, after deducting any amounts received from an insurance plan, it may be considered a special expense.

Not exact matches

Those looking for a deep dive into what Laszewski thinks will actually work can check out the complete post, but for non-wonks, his bottom line seems to be this: To fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's money.

«Until you try to fix the policy and get health - care providers to care more about quality and cost, people aren't going to move as quickly about it,» he says.

Previous analyses of that effort suggested it would cost even more losses in health care coverage (to the tune of 32 million fewer insured by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office) compared to the Senate's current bill and foster sharp premium spikes.

The pace of change driven by startups seems to be accelerating as companies devoted to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency, to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try to do something about the sorry state of health care.

At the same time, college costs have, according to published reports, increased 1,225 percent since 1978 (that is not a typo)-- more than housing, food or health - care expenses.

The administrative costs of updating and tracking down that information are estimated to be more than $ 2 billion dollars a year for the health - care industry.

The ballooning price of long - term care insurance is more than just a reflection of the growing costs of health care as a whole.

As health care costs keep rising, more people seem to be skipping physician visits.

Here's the pitch: To rescue federal finances from looming disaster, we're asking you to shoulder the risks, and use a lot more of your income, to pay for rising health care costs in America.

Because these bare - bones plans do not limit insurance payouts to workers, they meet the letter of the law's requirements that employers provide «affordable» health care coverage to their workers at a far lower cost than more comprehensive plans.

As U.S. health care costs rise, more affordable health insurance is available in these countries, International Living reports.

Gardner says that while he can't confirm those numbers, «the ministry is being much more disciplined at controlling the envelope of costs that's going to [health - care] providers.»

Speaking of health care, many retirees on the move seek to relocate due to health - care reasons, more from a quality standpoint than an overall cost perspective.

«Those models are actually letting consumers access care more quickly and at a lower cost,» says Joel White, president of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage.

Although some health care outlays might be obvious contenders — i.e., copays, prescription costs — others are more likely to be overlooked.

But as health care costs climb — employers pay 36 % more today than they did five years ago — companies are betting on long - term cost savings with their own clinics staffed with physicians, nurses, even chiropractors, physical therapists and pharmacists.

No matter how the federal health care debate turns out, developing more reliable health care guides for consumers has the potential improve care quality, saving lives and eliminating billions of dollars in needless costs.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $ 2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions more in reduced health care costs.

«Today, we begin the long and difficult struggle to end the international disgrace» of U.S. health - care costs, Sanders said, emphasizing that Americans pay more in health - care costs than any other developed nation, nearly 18 percent of U.S. GDP.

In January, three more corporate behemoths — Amazon (amzn), JPMorgan Chase (jpm), and Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a)-- said they were forming a joint venture aimed at reducing health care costs and improving outcomes for their combined 1 million or so employees.

Driving Down Health Care Costs (Panel Publishers, New York City, 1991, $ 89), a collection of 44 articles, is a simple way to tap into savvy strategies currently recommended by insurance and benefits practitioners to reduce insurance fraud, audit for cost savings, redesign retiree benefits, and more.

That reality would seem to suggest that the U.S. should adopt a system similar to those in other countries, which more tightly regulate drug prices and where the government largely subsidizes health care costs (as opposed to employers largely doing so in the U.S.) through what's known as a single - payer system.

Although Hu says he'd like to offer health care benefits, it would cost him about $ 30,000 a month to do so, which he says is more than his business can afford.

But it has failed to recover in recent years because of a series of policies that increase the burden on small - business owners — higher taxes, increases to health - care costs, more costly regulations, and now the minimum wage increase proposal

You have argued that, right now, in effect, that the cost of paying for health care can affect a company even more than taxes.

Plus the older people get the more financially unstable they get due to high health care costs.

At least one study has pegged the cost to provincial health care at more than a billion dollars.

Yet one might feel more lenient toward Canada's provinces after considering that they shoulder the brunt of what is expected to become one of the heaviest burdens on government balance sheets across the industrialized world: health care costs.

Given this company's low cost of capital to make even more deals and the fact that there simply aren't many health care REITs for money managers to choose from, Cramer said Ventas remains a winner in his book.

The larger benefits for millennials are mainly because of cost of living increases, more years of benefits due to longer lifespans, and better and more expensive health care, said C. Eugene Steuerle, an economist with the Urban Institute who co-authored the analysis.

Obviously, from a bottom - line perspective, having healthy employees is more cost - effective because it lowers health care costs and increases productivity.

A payroll management giant is jumping into the health insurance exchange world with a double - barreled option for companies looking to control costs, give their workers more choice — and possibly help those employers avoid paying the Affordable Care Act's coming «Cadillac Tax.»

That's going to be a problem for the health care bill — senators want to bolster the financial assistance for lower - income people buying private insurance and soften some of the House bill's Medicaid cuts, which will cost more money.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Mr. Fein said the acquisition of Aetna, if it went through, would mark an industry shift toward a more seamless approach to managing health care costs.

For instance, consider an investor who is retired, living on a fixed income stream, who may have more expenses concentrated in health care (where costs are rapidly rising), and whose portfolio is conservatively positioned with 20 % in stocks and 80 % in bonds.

The purchasing power of the fixed income stream deteriorates, the investor has less ability to recoup purchasing power because of the shorter investment horizon and more conservative allocation, and the investor's potentially higher effective inflation rate (due to greater exposure to health care costs) tends to make any shortfall more painful.

A new effort under President Donald Trump to protect the rights of health workers who object to abortions and other procedures will cost the health care system more than $ 300 million to implement.

With consumers on the hook for more of their health care, they need to be educated about how to navigate medical costs - both before and after a medical event.

The Affordable Care Act says that health insurance is affordable if premiums cost no more than 9.5 % of a household's modified adjusted gross income.

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With rising out - of - pocket costs, higher deductibles in their health plans and fewer doctors in provider networks, many consumers want to take more control of their health care.

«Incumbent businesses in countless industries, from finance to energy to health care to food, are peeling back the layers on this budding technology, seeing the potential to trim costs, share and secure information more efficiently, and unleash new products at unprecedented speed,» declared Fortune in a cover story titled «Blockchain Mania!»

Better health care for the nonaged actually increases total health care costs because more people reach the expensive years of old age — not that there's anything wrong with that.

Because health care cost rise exponentially as we age, they are consuming far more post-employment medical services that must be paid for by younger people.

Honeywell states its screening program is designed to encourage employees to live more healthier and thereby create lower health care costs for themselves and the company.

«Through the intense focus our 285,000 colleagues bring to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone, we have grown to serve more people in more ways than ever, including through innovative uses of advanced technologies, data analytics, and modern clinical approaches that improve quality, lower cost and advance consumer and care provider satisfaction,» David S. Wichmann, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, said in a conference call.