Sentences with phrase «more safety nets»

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Because of this shift, older adults have started to see technology as more than just a safety net.

At the very least, the income is a safety net; it also means more money to invest in the mission.

«An annuity with an income guarantee provides a safety net and allows people to be more growth - oriented in the rest of their portfolio,» he said.

Centene executives were equally confident about their expanding Medicaid business despite Trump administration regulatory changes, which allow more states to impose work requirements under the safety - net program.

More controversially, Obama expanded the health care safety net through the Affordable Care Act.

More investment in education and a social safety net are also required, Gosset says.

Policy and politics has failed, and defenders of more government intervention or safety - net expansion can not look to the job market for data to support their case.

That safety net gives me more confidence navigating the daily high - wire act of entrepreneurship.

«You don't take a safety net program that has been operating for more than 50 years and change it in fundamental ways without having a single hearing to evaluate its impact,» she said.

The economic fragility demonstrated by the 2008 crash provided a good argument for a more generous safety net.

Technology should be harnessed to build a more inclusive economy — not to leave workers without decent incomes, an adequate safety net, and basic rights.

And reams of social science research show that strong unions do much more than that: They bolster regional economies, increase democratic participation, and even strengthen the social safety net for non-unionized workers.

However, the overall market return / risk climate could become consistent with a more neutral or modestly constructive outlook (with an obligatory safety net in either case, given current valuation extremes) if market internals were to improve decisively.

«Given what looks to continue to be a low - interest - rate environment for some time in many countries, along with uncertainties about government safety nets, individuals may need to think more strategically about investing for retirement — and how to generate income after,» said Ed Perks, executive vice president, chief investment officer, Franklin Templeton Equity.

Rather than funding an entire project upfront and risk losing the entire investment if the company's strategic plan and actual results do not parallel each other, the VC has the «safety net» of incremental funding, which offers a level of assurance that precise objectives will be met before the VC takes more financial risk.

We are not inclined to «fight» further speculation by raising our safety nets on every advance, and again, our outlook would become far more neutral if market internals were to improve.

The fixed price aspect of these options provides a safety net in a sense that you can not lose more than the option cost.

If we observe an improvement in market internals and credit spreads, we'll be more tolerant of current extremes with a less defensive outlook (though there's little chance that we would encourage an investment stance without a considerable safety net).

Used carefully, HELOCs can improve the financial position of homeowners by helping them upgrade their properties, fund investments, lower their borrowing costs, make monthly payments more manageable or set up a financial safety net.

This makes sense, since often times, high net worth individuals seek the safety and yield of munis, and the market infers a slight spread above Treasuries since a municipality is more likely to default on a loan than the US government, which can always just print more money under the US Fiat currency model.

Other more technical factors such as the Net - Net Theory and the Margin of Safety Theory also play a part in the value investors method.

Programs like these are called safety nets for a reason — yank them away and people get hurt, today more than ever.

The implosion of our entitlement safety nets has more to do with the demographic crisis — too many old people and not enough young ones — and uneven and uncertain economic growth (which has lots of causes).

So what happens when, in ten years or so, there will be more retired and elderly Chinese than there are Europeans, in a country that has nothing resembling western social safety nets?

Canada is far less religious than the US (way more atheists per capita), and yet has fewer abortions per capita, far less gun violence per capita (despite being just as ethnically diverse), is a peacekeeping country, less divorce per capita, has universal health care, more social safety nets, and Canadians are considered much nicer than Americans.

While favoring both safety nets and trampolines, I would focus more on systemic changes in the economy that would reduce the creation of poverty

However, I attribute the success more to the water and the baking time; the egg is merely a luxury addition that acts as a safety net for the pudding texture.

Eventually, the bottom bun became useless and more in the way than anything, so it was cast aside and the burger flipped so that the large top bun was the new safety net.

Seven - points now separates Arsene Wenger's Arsenal from Sir Alex's more consistent Red Devils at the top of the table, though Arsenal have played one match fewer and do at least have the safety net of having to host United before the end of the season.

I am more comfortable with exerting control over the things that I can, recognizing that sometimes things may not go my way, but working to set up a safety net for when they do.

In the light of more recent evidence of the value of breastmilk it's clear that, rather than preventing them from eating other foods, breastmilk provides an important safety net for a child whose appetite for other foods is small.

When resources are being hoarded at the top and there isn't much of a safety net, this sort of «do it all yourself / be healthy and perfect, and if not then you're broken» attitude gets more pervasive and extends to breastfeeding.

It's hit working - class and working - poor fathers particularly hard, but it's also been stressful for more middle - class dads, who are increasingly finding their safety net slip away.

«For more and more students in this economy, the meals they receive at school are their nutritional safety net,» said U.S. Rep. George Miller, D - Calif., who chairs the Education and Labor Committee, which has jurisdiction over the legislation.

Some critics have questioned whether making the overdose antidote more available could provide a safety net that would encourage riskier drug use.

The most affordable option for each of these safety hazards is a sheet of custom Plexiglas: It is safer and more attractive than netting, and it can easily be removed when your child is old enough to understand the hazard.

She has worked with administrators, elected officials, industry representatives, and nonprofit partners on strategies to provide a more accessible and effective nutrition assistance safety net.

Obesity aside, this more recent study is a good reminder, even as we complain about the quality of school food across the board, that the NSLP is a critically important safety net for the 31 million American children who eat a free or reduced price lunch every single school day.

It was a safety net when we needed it but more than that, it felt like home.

The drugs are still there, and people are still using them just as much if not more than before, but the safety net that offered some hope of harm reduction has been torched in the name of prohibition.

«Without urgent action we only see the situation getting worse because the government has decided that both tax credits and safety net benefits will no longer keep up with rising prices, so more families will face the stress and stigma of relying of food aid just to give their children a basic healthy diet.»

The Save Our Safety Net campaign (www.saveoursafetynet.com) is also canvassing, video - taping the canvassing, and posting it all back online to spur more coverage and support.

According to the legislation, safety - net hospitals would be defined as those where at least half of patients are on Medicaid or uninsured, 40 percent of inpatient discharges are covered by Medicaid and no more than 25 percent of patients are commercially insured.

They insist that Mario Cuomo got more done than he is often remembered for: holding firm against the death penalty, protecting the safety net in the era of selfishness, and, yes, even passing mundane reforms like a seat - belt law.

The government wants to create a US - style labour market, where because virtually no welfare safety net exists, unemployment bears more directly on the working class, forcing people like lone parents to work for extremely low wages and without employment protection.

SNAP as it's known provides safety net support for more than 2.8 million people in New York or 1.6 million households.

Governor Cuomo announced more than $ 45 million in funding for the Vital Access / Safety Net Provider Program to support projects over the next 3 years by 37 facilities that were selected due to financial condition and critical role in providing services... Continue reading →

Eventually, more than $ 4.5 billion in costs would be shifted to states, counties and hospitals that act as safety net over the next four years.

WASHINGTON - As the U.S. Senate gets set to again take up the Farm Bill in the coming weeks, New York Junior Senator Senator is saying there needs to be long - term support and a fair safety net for small dairy farmers in New York State and across the... [Read more...]

While there's no dollar figure yet attached, lawmakers passed an «enhanced safety net hospital» measure that directs more state money to hospitals where at least half the patients are on Medicaid or are uninsured.