Sentences with phrase «of high medical costs»

In today's world of high medical costs and litigation for just about anything, those minimums may barely cover legal fees.

Another leading cause of high medical costs is tobacco use.

The upside of these low amounts is that they make auto insurance coverage quite affordable for most people; the downside is that in today's world of high medical costs and high property values, an at - fault accident with these tiny coverage amounts would likely cost the driver significant amounts of money.

One of the leading causes of high medical costs is tobacco use.

Adequate insurance is your only protection against the financial burden of high medical costs, or property loss, which can be caused by auto accidents.

The result socially of high medical costs and time drained on woman and family: Don't ask, don't tell.

The U.S. government on Monday said it would increase by 3.40 percent on average 2019 payments to the health insurers that manage Medicare Advantage insurance plans for seniors and the disabled, a higher - than - expected rise reflecting a projection of higher medical cost growth.

As has been pointed out, though, that is a hard argument to make to our (underfunded) schools when they are not the ones bearing the brunt of the higher medical costs these kids incur as a result of their unhealthy diets.

The average age of our high medical cost Goldens is under 5 years old.

Not exact matches

The program helps companies with promising early data — often obtained overseas, because of the high cost of medical testing in Canada — design and execute the key study provincial authorities need to see to sign off.

As it turns out, people with higher income levels are more likely than those of modest means to opt for HSA - qualified health plans, because they are less concerned by the potential out - of - pocket medical costs and more interested in the tax savings, according to Fronstin at EBRI.

On the other hand, 71 percent favor the law's Medicaid expansion, 66 percent of young adults favor the prohibition on denying people coverage because of a person's medical history, 65 percent favor requiring insurance plans to cover the full cost of birth control, 63 percent favor requiring most employers to pay a fine if they don't offer insurance and 53 percent favor paying for benefit increases with higher payroll taxes for higher earners.

«Research has shown that the costs of treating chronic medical conditions are 40 percent higher in patients who are depressed,» he says.

Recent legislation places tighter controls on workers» compensation medical costs and ensures that insurance carriers» requests for rate increases receive a high level of scrutiny to tackle recent increases in premiums.

Kenneth Davis, Mt. Sinai Health System, and Peter May, Trian Fund Management, talks about Obamacare risks, and the high cost of medical care.

There are myriad factors that are likely feeding into this public health gap, including big geographic and socioeconomic disparities in access to medical care and the sky - high cost of American medicine.

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Many Americans now have health plans with higher deductibles or co-payments, making them responsible for more of their medical costs.

Furthermore, he's expressed support for the ACA's guaranteed coverage provisions for people with pre-existing conditions, but potential plans to nix Obamacare's mandate that everyone carry insurance and the introduction of high - risk pools for the sick could result in an exorbitantly expensive system for people who already face massive medical costs.

Early responses from the survey suggest that 46 percent of employers would take steps to cut costs with new strategies such as high - deductible health plans - which shift the burden of initial medical costs to patients, but have lower monthly premiums.

With the rising costs of health care, even those with health insurance can find themselves facing high medical bills.

Cruz has arguably been making a Byrd case for his amendment in recent days, by describing it as direct taxpayer subsidization of people's high medical costs.

«Eliminating the medical expense deduction amounts to a health tax on millions of Americans with high medical costs — especially middle income seniors,» the group said in a statement.

Like banking and finance, the highest - cost medical technology may move offshore to tax - avoidance «banking» centers where expensive new medical technology need not be extended to cover large numbers of patients.

He has advised clients on a range of issues, including portfolio reorientation to focus on higher - growth areas, growth strategy development and implementation, cost diagnostics, accountable care strategy development, adjacency prioritization work and medical management model development.

Higher interest rates and compressing cap rates have increased the cost of capital and narrowed investment spreads for medical office - focused REITs, prompting Stifel to downgrade three...

Higher interest rates and compressing cap rates have increased the cost of capital and narrowed investment spreads for medical office - focused REITs, prompting Stifel to downgrade three stocks in the space.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

Richard Lamm, the former governor of Colorado who has campaigned against excessive medical costs, recently cited the case of a patient in a Washington, D.C., hospital who has been in a comatose state since Lamm was a high school student.

The French international, who has already had a medical, will cost # 24m, The Sun says, on top of roughly # 13m and # 15m paid for Darmian and Schweinsteiger, respectively, and make it another summer of big spending after last year's high - profile recruits of big names like Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw.

His research and administrative interests have focused on the design and operation of programs that promote high quality, cost effective medical care.

I think we can now all agree even with the high rate of medical technology and the soaring cost of childbirth, the United States is still in a sorry state.

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Mike Marsh, BJOG Deputy Editor - in - chief said: «Unintended pregnancy has been linked to poor prenatal care, high risk pregnancy behaviours, increased rates of preterm birth and low birth rate, poor social outcomes in childhood and increased medical costs.

An author of a new medical study said the high cost of paying injured N.H.L. players should push the league to stiffen what he described as inadequate measures to prevent brain trauma, including rules that still allow fighting.

If your pregnancy costs were particularly high this past year, it may be worth your while (or your partner's) to fill out the longer tax form in which each medical expense is accounted for — instead of filling out the standard tax form.

One study suggests a higher cost, and one study no differences in cost of postnatal care when midwife - led continuity of care is compared with medical - led maternity care.

They also cite the high - cost of doing business in the state for small businesses in particular and the need to reform medical liability and the Scaffold Law.

That's the price tag for excess medical costs associated with the high rates of obesity in the Finger Lakes, according to a study by Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield.

With this move, we have the ability to utilize a state of the art medical examiner's office without the high costs associated with putting in place our own.

That will drive up New York's already high medical malpractice insurance rates for physicians and hospitals as well as drive up the already high cost of health care insurance for New Yorkers, the group argues.

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.

The lobbying group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, commissioned a study that found the tax would actually lead to higher insurance and medical costs for New Yorkers.

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.

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistant is one of the biggest threats to global health today and a significant contributor to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs and increased mortality.

New research presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) identifies nicotine dependence, obesity, alcohol abuse and depressive disorders as risk factors for low back pain, a common condition causing disability, missed work, high medical costs and diminished life quality.

The number of U.S. medical students choosing careers in family practice plummeted by more than 50 percent in just the last eight years, but ironically, the more specialists there are in a state per capita, the lower the quality rank of medical care in that state and the higher the cost.

«The higher costs associated with obesity are believed to be largely due to managing comorbid medical conditions linked to obesity, such as diabetes,» said lead study author Hilal Maradit - Kremers, MD, an associate professor of epidemiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn..

More than half of TKR patients have a body mass index (BMI) within the obesity range (greater than 30 kg / m ²), which has been linked to a higher risk for related comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis; and in some studies, to higher medical costs and longer hospital stays.

Medical care costs will rise, as people spend a higher proportion of their lives with disease and disability,» Levine said.