Sentences with phrase «increase public health care»

They claim it could increase public health care costs by $ 900 million to $ 1.7 billion.»

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This increases public and private costs of absenteeism, pharmaceuticals and acute health - care needs.

They affect government spending through increased outlays for public pensions, health, and care for the aged.

However, the Liberal platform also envisaged temporary deficits to finance higher spending on social programs such as child benefits, a higher Guaranteed Income Supplement for single seniors, public health care, child care and First Nations programs, and did not increase overall federal tax revenues.

In the context of public health care funding, the Party promises to eliminate health care premiums and ambulance charges; increase funding for home care and other out - of - hospital care services; restore funding for chiropractic and physiotherapy services; fully fund and implement a mental health strategy; and to hold a referendum to prioritize health care spending.

Evidence from other countries is compelling that better organization and management can increase the productivity of public health - care delivery in Canada, yielding better outcomes at lower cost.

We eradicate stigma by increasing the availability and accessibility of mental health care worldwide by: treating patients, training professionals, including psychologists, therapists, OBGYNs, pediatricians, nurses, and midwives, providing public programs, including new parent groups, breastfeeding clinics, and adolescent services, funding research, providing curated content online, and advocating in public and private sectors.

This evidence supports the American Public Health Association's recommendation8 to increase access to out of hospital maternity care services with direct entry midwives in the United States.

Speaking at a public meeting in which the Park District's $ 385 million budget was unveiled, Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, said the tax watchdog group supported the district's restraint in not raising property taxes and increasing employee contributions to health care costs, but was troubled by the «pension holiday.»

The May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2015 agreements with police dispatchers, telecommunications operators, and public works and building maintenance employees and upper police management: • * increase required employee contributions to participate in conventional preferred provider organization health plans, • * provide financial incentives to employees to switch to consumer - directed plans or managed - care plans, • * provide village funding of 40 percent of the deductible for high deductible health plans with health savings accounts and • * require employee participation in annual wellness and health risk assessment screenings in order to qualify for best rates.

With youth sports concussion safety laws in place in all 50 states, increased public awareness about concussions, and growing concernabout the long - term effect of repetitive head impacts, the demand for concussion education, not just for parents, coaches, and athletes, but for health care professionals as well is at an all - time high, and promises to go even higher in the coming years.

A freedom of information request has revealed that Public Health England warned that the changes could deter vulnerable people from seeking care and might lead to the increased spread of infectious diseases like TB and HIV.

The deal, which would affect approximately 54,000 Public Employees Federation members statewide, calls for three years of annual 2 percent wage hikes, compounded, and no increase in health care costs, according to news releases from the governor and the union.

The contract comes about seven months after New York's second - largest state worker union, the white collar Public Employees Federation, reached its own three - year deal with 2 percent annual raises, no increases in negotiated health - care premium sharing and no givebacks.

Robinson told the Advance that she is fighting for affordable health care, bail reform and increased funding for public schools.

During the fight over service cuts and fare increases, some of the most vocal testimony at public hearings involved people with disabilities who need Metro Bus and Rail to get around to jobs, to homes, to health care.

«During a year in which the NHS has been focused on internal organisational change, patients and the public have continued to demonstrate increasing enthusiasm for remote and virtual care, with the NHS Direct National Health Service Trust leading the way in providing useful and valued digital services.»

Glaser says health - care benefits are «out of alignment» with private sector, as well as other states and federal benefits, and noted that there had been 14 percent increase in pay for public employees over the years.

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

They also said the governor is proposing a $ 1 billion increase in aid to public schools and assumes the level of health care funding from the federal government will remain flat for the next fiscal year.

Judy Wessler, former director of the Commission on the Public's Health System, said it would be much simpler to carve out a group of hospitals and increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate, rather than change the formulas or worry over which Affordable Care Act rules survive the next four years.

Nixon has promised to legalize and tax marijuana, end cash bail, push for single - payer health care and increase funding to public schools — raising taxes if necessary.

A uniformed - union leader who's since retired once recalled an early conversation with Governor Cuomo about what was in store for public employees at a time when Mr. Cuomo was leaning on state - employee unions to accept a three - year wage freeze and sizable increases in their health - care premiums.

Brazile's comment comes the same day that President Obama traveled to Ohio in a final push to increase public support for health care reform.

Public reporting of health care quality and patient safety information has reached unprecedented levels, allowing patients to play an increasing role in their own health care decisions; however, as access to information becomes easier, it is important for patients to know where to look for the most accurate and reliable data.

«It is too early to make specific recommendations to clinicians in terms of care for pregnant women with PCOS, though increased awareness of this relationship might facilitate earlier detection of ASD in children whose mothers have been diagnosed with PCOS,» says Renee Gardner, senior investigator on the study, also at the Department of Public Health Sciences.

Increasing utilization of preventive dental care by Medicaid - enrolled children has been a public health priority in Pennsylvania.

People receiving public housing subsidies are often in poor health, with increased need for mental health and chronic disease care.

The top five things (from a list of 16) that the public believes would improve people's health a great deal are: improving access to affordable healthy food (57 %), reducing illegal drug use (54 %), reducing air, water, or chemical pollution (52 %), increasing access to high - quality health care (52 %), and improving the economy and the availability of jobs (49 %).

The findings point to a major public health problem, with the authors suggesting that planning for comprehensive eye care services are needed to manage the rapid increase in high myopes (a five-fold increase from 2000), along with the development of treatments to control the progression of myopia and prevent people from becoming highly myopic.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by US President Barack Obama in 2010, can advance public health in the USA by supporting increased emphasis on prevention, and reversing the historic division between public health and private health care services, according to the authors of new research published in The Lancet as part of a new Series, The health of AmericCare Act, signed into law by US President Barack Obama in 2010, can advance public health in the USA by supporting increased emphasis on prevention, and reversing the historic division between public health and private health care services, according to the authors of new research published in The Lancet as part of a new Series, The health of Americcare services, according to the authors of new research published in The Lancet as part of a new Series, The health of Americans.

Besides increasing the proportion of people in the USA covered by medical insurance once the ACA is fully implemented, the authors show that structural and financing reforms introduced by the Act will help healthcare in the USA to transition from a «sick care system,» largely focused on treatment of illness, to a system that includes disease prevention, health promotion, early detection, and public health as integral components.

The American Public Health Association, in contrast, issued a statement praising the administration's support for violence research and increased mental health care, noting that» [t] here is an irrefutable link between access to guns and increased homicides.&Health Association, in contrast, issued a statement praising the administration's support for violence research and increased mental health care, noting that» [t] here is an irrefutable link between access to guns and increased homicides.&health care, noting that» [t] here is an irrefutable link between access to guns and increased homicides.»

The report shows that the ACA's provision to increase the health - care system's focus on population health can change financial, organizational, and clinical linkages between public health and health care.

Severe and long - standing prescription - drug shortages have become a major threat to public health and patient safety.1 Despite increased awareness and mitigation strategies, the United States has experienced shortages of many lifesaving drugs and other supplies essential to patient care.

Its mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment, to educate physicians, and other health care providers and the public, to support research and prevention, to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addictive disorders, and to establish addiction medicine as a specialty recognized by professional organizations, governments, physicians, purchasers and consumers of health care services and the general public.

Monday, March 12, begins UHealth's observance of Patient Safety Awareness Week — an annual national campaign to increase awareness about patient safety among health care professionals and the public.

Our organization seeks to increase awareness of Naturopathic Medicine, educate the public about natural health care, network with like - minded professionals, and promote excellence in naturopathic care.

North Carolina's move could also clear the way for other states to take similar steps, particularly as lawmakers look for ways to control spending in the face of increased pension, public safety and health care obligations.

If we outlaw profiteering in these two sectors, my bet is that it will increase the quality of public education and decrease the cost of health care.

The cost of these reforms are compounded by the cost to society of their failure, in increased health care, criminal justice, public assistance, loss of community, loss of local control and other damage.

By way of monthly meetings and annual conferences, we provide the membership with quality continuing education to improve the health care for the animals and human residents in the local area and increase the public awareness of problems concerning animal health and disease control.

Making a positive impact on the community's public health and safety by increasing access to affordable pet care and services.

The Institute's new Food for the Parks initiative complements its recent Park Prescriptions campaign, a growing national movement to increase the connection between parks and public lands and health care.

Illinois Needs Insurance Reform For years the insurance industry has tried to convince the public that patients who are victims of medical errors are responsible for increased health care costs, even though Illinois» largest malpractice insurer has reported that payouts have remained flat for more than a decade.

Despite overwhelming objections from the public, Congress just passed the GOP's tax scam bill, increasing taxes for 92 million middle - class families, raising health care premiums, and threatening life - saving programs — all to give massive tax breaks to the rich.

The primary public policy objectives of the Alaska Medical Assistant Society (AMAS)(and the American Association of Medical Assistants) are: (1) to increase the quality and availability of health care for all; and (2) to protect patients and employers from substandard medical assisting services by advocating for regulations and legislation that require medical assistants who are being delegated certain advanced procedures (e.g., administration of injectable medications) to be:

Abbott Labs, Amman • Jordan 2008 — 2009 Professional Sales Representative Instrumental in increasing health care, public and patient awareness about Psoriasis as a systemic chronic disease, its impact on social and economic life of the patients and the doctor's awareness about the available treatments for chronic disease starting from the early treatment with topical to the newest agents which included the systemic biologics (TNF alpha blockers).

Pharmacists are knowledgeable health care professionals who are readily accessible by patients, and these population - based data suggest that the BC public health initiative authorizing pharmacists to provide ECs was indeed associated with an overall increase in emergency contraception access among women in the province.

National Center for Children in Poverty, Project Thrive (www.nccp.org): The Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family support.