She makes the common sense argument that failing to pay for more healthful meals up front will only result in
higher health care costs on the back end, and she considers a variety of ways to pay for universal lunch, such as a tax on soda or soda advertising, an increase in the capital gains tax, or by reducing income guarantees and price supports to producers of corn and soy.
Not exact matches
High rates of unemployment have a budgetary
cost to governments, from direct spending
on employment insurance to a rise in
health care costs as chronic unemployment diminishes mental and physical
health.
AH: The business world is waking up to the
high cost of sleep deprivation
on productivity, creativity,
health care, and ultimately the bottom line.
In researching for his upcoming book
on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return
on every dollar it spent
on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower
health -
care costs, less absenteeism and
higher productivity.
The
high cost of
health care is having an impact
on whether consumers access treatment at all.
The
high cost of
health care in the US is nothing compared to the markup
on some prescription medicines.
The initial focus of the independent company will be
on technology that will provide their U.S. employees and their families with simplified and
high - quality
health care at accessible
costs, the companies said.
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
The survey provides an updated look at employers» response to the Affordable
Care Act's excise tax
on high -
cost health plans, sometimes called the «Cadillac tax,» which is now scheduled to take effect in 2020.
In his talking points
on July 16 (saw a re-run
on Sunday night), O» Reilly admitted that we desperately need to fix
health care because people are getting hosed by insurance companies and
high costs.
The district is asking union members, who do not have co-payments
on services and prescriptions, to be responsible for a
higher percentage of their
health -
care costs.
Senate Republicans are touting
on Thursday a package of measures designed to ease burdnes
on business, ranging from reforms to the state's regulatory process to providing relief for small businesses facing
high health -
care costs.
«In fact, she's already called for
higher taxes
on individuals and small businesses; she supports an energy plan that would increase our electricity
costs; she promises a single - payer
health care system that would further destroy our
health care and economy; and she wants to force federal gun restrictions that would take away the Second Amendment rights of law - abiding citizens.»
The New York State Conference of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans is sounding the alarm
on three big
health care issues to watch in Albany this year —
higher taxes
on health insurance, hospital funding and rising drug
costs.
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.
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), New York could cover
health care for Medicaid patients who obtained coverage under Obamacare.
Patients
on consumer - directed
health plans share more
costs for their
care than patients
on traditional plans as they pay a
higher deductible.
«Low -
cost,
high - volume services make up big portion of spending
on unneeded
health care: Research suggests a reduction in «low - value» services can safely cut expenses.»
The
high costs associated with monoclonal antibody - based therapies puts a significant strain
on the
health -
care economy, which may limit accessibility for patients.
The poor pay the
highest cost of India's dependence
on coal, said Jennifer Wang of the nonprofit group
Health Care Without Harm.
Depression, even when undiagnosed, can have many negative effects
on cardiovascular patients, including poor healthcare experiences, more use of healthcare resources and
higher health costs, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of
Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymak
Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of
care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymak
care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers.
«Close to criminal»: Oncologist speaks out
on the human toll of
high health care costs Hutch News Dr. Gary Lyman Feb. 11, 2016
It would have been much better to focus reform
on the
high cost of
health care than requiring everyone to indemnify against a risk for which they may not deem insurance necessary.
At Evergreen Veterinary Hospital we know that your pets needs are your primary concern, while still keeping the
cost affordable and receiving
high quality
care...... we focus
on your pets whole
health.
This should include
costs imposed
on the public in the form of
higher health care costs for asthma and heart disease as a result of power plant pollution —
costs known as «externalities.»
Headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, Notre Dame Intermédica is a
health care services company in Brazil, focused
on selling employer - sponsored
health and dental plans and delivering
high - quality and
cost - effective services, primarily to the Brazilian middle class.
Its mission is to serve as a
high - level, nonpartisan forum to promote analysis and discussion
on improving
health and
health care, and to address such issues as
cost, quality, and access.
After all, if you're headed outside your
health insurance network you'll be paying the much
higher out - of - network
costs for your medical
care and if you've tapped your savings to afford the trip you may not want to put it
on your credit card — especially if a bunch of you are in a traffic accident, for example.
The groups, which include the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, say the measure would raise
health -
care costs that would be passed
on to patients, through
higher insurance rates.
Eliminating a tax
on higher cost employer - sponsored
health plans, also called Cadillac plans, that helps pay for the
health care law
But the bill that Senate Republicans have introduced (the Better
Care Reconciliation Act, or BCRA) would result in
higher out - of - pocket
costs for people who purchase their own
health insurance (
on exchange or off - exchange).
The
high cost of chronic disease is one of the most pressing issues facing the United States as legislators grapple with financial strains
on Medicare and the larger issue of
health -
care reform, the researchers explained.
Because
cost - sharing can get expensive if you have large medical expenses, all
health plans (unless they're grandfathered or grandmothered) that require
cost - sharing also have an out - of - pocket maximum that puts a cap
on how much
cost - sharing you're responsible for each year (for this discussion, all of the numbers refer to the cap
on out - of - pocket
costs assuming you receive
care within your
health insurer's network; if you go outside the network, your out - of - pocket maximum will be
higher, or in some cases, unlimited).
«The new law will cover more women, increase access to reproductive
health care, and ease the disproportionate
health care burdens
on women, who still earn less than men but often face
higher health care costs.»
They significantly impinge
on public sector
costs — by age 28 individuals with CD have,
on average,
cost the state ten times more than those without [10]; are disproportionally represented in the Criminal Justice System [11]; and have
higher costs in educational, medical, and mental
health sectors, outpatient mental
health clinics and
health -
care providers [12, 13, 14].
Premiums are
higher than rates for healthy individuals, but lower than the actual
cost of most participants»
health care — State general fund appropriations, grants from the federal government, and / or surtaxes
on insurance premiums finance the pools» operating losses.