Sentences with phrase «of health care dollars»

That's not nothing, but it's very hard to price the early harvesting of people who consume more than their fair share of health care dollars.

Chronic illnesses such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism are at an all - time high in the United States, with 75 percent of our health care dollars going to treat such chronic illnesses as heart disease, diabetes, and autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto's.

From 10 to 25 % of your health care dollars go towards administration that adds NO VALUE to your health care.

Now I take over $ 600,000 of your health care dollars for NO VALUE ADDED to your health care.

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Improving the way we take drugs could save those in the developed world many billions of dollars in annual health care expenses.

Health care fraud is one of the most devastating financial crimes, siphoning billions of dollars from insurance companies and patients who spend a staggering 2.5 trillion dollars each year on healthHealth care fraud is one of the most devastating financial crimes, siphoning billions of dollars from insurance companies and patients who spend a staggering 2.5 trillion dollars each year on healthhealth care.

Cut the cost of health - care premiums by buying insurance online at HealthCare.gov to qualify for a tax credit worth thousands of dollars.

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.

Without the lure of a cheaper dollar and lower health - care costs, companies need a new reason to invest.

Health care followed in second place with 17 percent of venture capital dollars, up two percentage points from the first quarter of 2014.

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.

Merger activity this year is down 14 percent from this time last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, which cited the lower dollar value of deals in the health care and materials sectors.

Also according to Macnamara, diabetes is responsible for 11 %, or half a billion dollars annually, of the cost of business health care plans.

Yet the nature of the health - care bill, which is similar to the House bill, loads a disproportionate share of gains to the wealthy — on both a dollar and percentage basis.

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.

Depending on the specifics of the care you receive and your insurance coverage, using the health - care system could add hundreds or thousands of dollars to your annual outlay.

Both flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts are smart ways to save pre-tax dollars for qualified health care costs, including copays, prescriptions and other out - of - pocket expenses.

There's never a bad time to start a health care company, and billions of VC dollars were already flowing into clean - tech before this recession.

These dollars can pay for deductibles, unreimbursed portions of medical bills, or items not otherwise covered by the health plan, such as vision or well - baby care.

«Right now, you have a steel worker, maybe from the south side of Chicago here... He lost his job, he lost his health care, he got 30 cents on the dollar for his pension.

Use pre-tax dollars for your health and dependent care expenses by enrolling in one or both of our flexible spending accounts.

The annual cost to women, their families, taxpayers and the health care system runs into billions of dollars.

Health insurers have a multibillion - dollar opportunity to lead a digital transformation of healthcare that will mean lower costs and better care for patients.

The implications for digital and intellectual property issues are particularly important, with chapters on e-commerce and telecommunications services, an extension of patent protections for pharmaceutical drugs could raise health care costs by millions of dollars, and protections for hundreds of geographical indications may restrict Canadian producers of common cheeses, wines, and meats.

In your monthly magazine, we'll tell you about the best places in the world to retire, where you can still find bargain properties, the countries with the lowest cost of living, where you can save thousands of dollars on health care, where to invest your money to secure yourself from the falling dollar, the best destinations for property investment, real - life expat stories, and more.

That move, supported by President Trump, would please the health care law's opponents and could generate hundreds of billions of dollars to offset cuts elsewhere.

At a time of huge government surpluses, universal shelter, like universal health care, is on the agenda of few politicians, who argue instead about how many billions of dollars to return to wealthy taxpayers..

(A case in point is that of a publicly supported, church - related hospital which is the only hospital in town and which refuses to permit certain medically accepted surgical procedures — such as abortion or tubal ligation — which are objectionable to the church but not to the patients of other faiths or no faith who depend upon that hospital for health care, and whose tax dollars support it.)

- wikipedia «in 2002, Catholic health care systems, overseeing 625 hospitals with a combined revenue of 30 billion dollars, comprised the nation's largest group of nonprofit systems.»

A study from the World Health Organization suggests that breastfeeding babies for the first six months of their lives can significantly decrease infant death and would save millions of dollars in hospital costs for infant care...

Of course the health care bill will end up funding abortions with federal tax dollars.

Incidentally, we are also discovering that pastoral counseling is a better value for the health - care dollar than psychotherapy provided by comparably trained practitioners of other disciplines.

The picture of that disgusting, pathetic, utterly gross fat woman (see the picture on the headline) reminded me of two things: one, she (and those like her) are the reason health care is in crisis, and two, why should I, or my tax dollars, pay for her utterly bad judgement and complete lack of self respect?

My biggest concern about war is that billions of dollars are going to bombs while budgets are being cut for education, health care, social services and Medicaid.

We live in a litigious society and health care providers and their institutions are under a great deal of pressure to do all that they can to prevent litigation that entails millions of dollars, risk of licensure penalties or loss, and long years of extreme duress for them; perfection is expected when it can never be guaranteed.

If you knew that there was one thing you could do to save billions of taxpayer dollars that could go to feed the hungry, house the homeless, research cures for other devastating diseases, provide health care to the poor, would you do it?

The school meal standards are a long - overdue investment in the future health and productivity of our children, and they will save billions of dollars in future health care costs.

Thus, these four medical diagnoses alone create just over a billion dollars of extra health care costs each year.»

«People are already mobilizing in New York — there's a major rally today with some of the state's leading unions and health care advocates,» Cuomo wrote in an email accompanying the video's release that also sought small - dollar donations for the state committee's effort.

The Senate's version of the American Health Care Act would cost New York's Medicaid program billions of dollars over the next decade, putting Albany in the position of having to choose between raising taxes or cutting services and programs for hundreds of thousands.

The possible repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act could reduce the state's funding for health care by several billion dollars, and the tax reform proposals could eliminate state and local tax deductiCare Act could reduce the state's funding for health care by several billion dollars, and the tax reform proposals could eliminate state and local tax deducticare by several billion dollars, and the tax reform proposals could eliminate state and local tax deductions.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose increased school funding.

While no one really knows what that means, one health care analyst with a prominent Albany think tank said New York could be billions of dollars in the hole as a result.

The ads are part of a multi-million dollar push for health care spending in the budget, typically one of the costliest areas in the spending plan aside from education aid.

Cuomo has been adept at raising millions of dollars from interests whose businesses are impacted by Albany actions — labor unions, real estate developers, business executives, the health care industry, charter school backers, government contractors, and the film and TV companies that get tax breaks for filming in New York.

Poloncarz concluded, «With more than $ 1 billion on the line every single year it is our responsibility to ensure every dollar is accounted for and spent properly on the provision of health care services to those in need.

The costs from tobacco use to New York is enormous: Tens of thousands of New Yorkers» lives are shortened due to tobacco use, health care systems must absorb the additional costs of treating tobacco users, and billions of tax dollars are expended to cover the medical costs of treating tobacco users who receive coverage through government programs.

I am not arguing that the elderly, the disabled, etc., need what reasonable people can agree is a basic decent level of health care appropriate to our society and the state of our economy which keeps them alive, but you are advocating giving free health care that exceeds what someone who pays thousands of dollars in insurance premiums every year can receive!

After working in New York politics in a variety of City Council and state legislative campaigns and on the staff of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rivera came on strong four years ago, defeating Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, long a target of criminal investigation and now serving a federal prison term for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.