Sentences with phrase «of rising health care costs»

In a time of rising health care costs and precarious employment, that is no small thing.

Then there is the issue of rising health care costs for retirees.

This trend represents a potential resurgence of corporate health promotion programs as a result of rising health care costs experienced by both small and large companies and corporations.

She has found that because of rising health care costs, companies are embracing this technology because it helps improve the wellness of their employees.

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His market, the New York tri-state area, already has in place many of the provisions included in the health - care overhaul, including a provision that dependent under the age of 30 need be eligible for family coverage, and he's seen rates continue to rise over recent years, making him skeptical of the plan's ability to hold costs down for small businesses.

I think HSAs are a great innovation, and not simply because they provide employers with a way of buying cheaper coverage for their workers at a time when health care costs continue to rise.

«I don't believe sustainability of the current OAS program is a major issue since the growing OAS expenditures will be minor relative to the rising cost of health care,» he said.

Here's the critical fact: The AHCA increases those credits on a tight formula of inflation plus one percentage point, no matter how fast the actual cost of health care insurance rises.

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.

From that date, funding would be capped at the rate of medical inflation, a pace slower than the rise in total health care costs because it considers only prices, not how many visits or procedures folks are consuming.

In some states, the cost of coverage is expected to rise by as much as 25 percent, according to a report from the health care researcher Kaiser Family Foundation.

Here's the pitch: To rescue federal finances from looming disaster, we're asking you to shoulder the risks, and use a lot more of your income, to pay for rising health care costs in America.

So far most of the government apps seem modest in scope (think: Mapping crime reports or finding out when the next train will come), but O'Reilly suggested that this is only the beginning and that the approach can work for big problems like rising health care costs, poorly performing schools, and climate change.

Even as the pace of increases in the cost of health care has eased, prices continue to rise.

The company makes software to manage medical records but expanded into the business of building and managing health care clinics after rising health care costs prompted Cerner (CERN) to build its own in - house clinic in 2006.

With the rising cost of health care, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, every corporation in America is jumping on the employee wellness bandwacare, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, every corporation in America is jumping on the employee wellness bandwaCare Act, every corporation in America is jumping on the employee wellness bandwagon.

If you've been swallowing the rising costs of doing business, watching as soaring energy prices and exorbitant health - care expenses choke your already - gasping profit margins, you're not alone.

Because of the rapidly rising cost of retiree health care, financial advisors are also recommending people take action to improve their actual health as well as their financial health.

The rising cost of living may be partly to blame, particularly in the spending categories, like health care, that have increased the most over the past decade.

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

The ever - rising cost of corporate health care is expected to increase by 4.4 percent this year.

But with provincial deficits swelling from coast to coast this year, and rising health care costs expected to ravage provincial coffers in the coming decades, federal figures are starting to paint an increasingly misleading portrait of Canada's government debt situation.

Faced with rising health care costs, nearly three - quarters of Americans say they rely on Social Security for out - of - pocket health care costs, according to a Nationwide Financial Retirement Institute consumer survey.

Rising health care costs across the board mean you could be setting yourself up for financial struggles come retirement — especially if you haven't set aside enough money for one of your biggest expenses: long - term care.

«Our members» balance sheets speak for themselves — health care is a growing cost at a time when other costs are either not rising or falling,» said Robert Andrews, chief executive of the Healthcare Transformation Alliance, a group of 46 companies, including Coca - Cola and American Express, that have banded together to lower health care costs.

The vast majority of spending growth over the next decade is the result of rising costs for health care, Social Security, and interest on the debt.

The insurer Cigna will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie - ups as health care's bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.

Cigna will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie - ups as health care's bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.

The rising cost of necessities like health care, housing and education is crowding out discretionary spending for middle - class Americans, said Stephanie Pomboy, founder of MacroMavens, an independent economics consulting firm in New York.

Studies have increasingly indicated that many baby boomers have no financial plan in place to protect themselves against outliving their assets and the rising cost of health care should they live longer than expected.

With rising out - of - pocket costs, higher deductibles in their health plans and fewer doctors in provider networks, many consumers want to take more control of their health care.

At the same time, with rising life expectancy the number of years spent in retirement has increased dramatically, health care costs are high and rapidly rising, and interest rates are at historic lows.

«It was our own moral reasons and then the rising cost of health care because of the act,» Sofio said, explaining the university's decision.

High health care costs, a lack of interest in repetitive manual labour and rising worker wages has led to an explosion of automated machinery, according to Intelligrated.

A new study by USC and University of Oxford researchers indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and resulting higher health care costs.

Consumers» concerns about rising health care costs, a focus on preventative care and a greater desire for balance and wellness are just a few of the factors contributing to global nutraceutical sales, expected to reach $ 278.96 billion by 2021

Dr. Fisher believes that dispassionate, rigorous study of birth across all settings is more important than ever given disparities in women's access to trained and licensed care providers, current and future physician workforce issues, rising costs of health care, and unacceptably high rates of adverse outcomes for mothers and infants in the U.S. compared to other industrialized countries.

If we don't change school lunches, we will see a continued rise of obesity and the accompanied skyrocketing cost of health care in this country.

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife - led birth centers, the nation's C - section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health care expenditures and numbers of cesarean deliveries.

While health - care costs are out of control and the C - section rate is rising exponentially and unnecessarily in the face of World Health Organization recommendations to lower it to an acceptable level, midwifery care is both a safe and effective solhealth - care costs are out of control and the C - section rate is rising exponentially and unnecessarily in the face of World Health Organization recommendations to lower it to an acceptable level, midwifery care is both a safe and effective solHealth Organization recommendations to lower it to an acceptable level, midwifery care is both a safe and effective solution.

For what it's worth, Spitzer and Bloomberg are again disagreeing — this time over the mayor's warning that NYC could very well go the way of Detroit if his successor fails to control the city's rapidly rising health care and pension costs.

If approved, the health taxes in the Deficit Reduction Plan and Executive Budget will drive up the cost of health insurance for all Business Council member employers that purchase health coverage — from sole proprietors and small businesses to the largest self - insured companies — yet will provide no additional covered benefits or have any effect on addressing the rising cost of health care.

He had occasional confrontations with groups of teachers upset about pay issues and rising health care costs.

The city's budget comes due in the summer, but Miner already has said the city will run out of money in the next few years — even without the tax cap — because of sharply rising pension and health care costs.

But he then explained that the rising costs of health care, pensions and contractually - obligated raises, all play a part in increased overall spending.

Rising Medicaid costs are a significant driver of increased health care costs.

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.

Chronic diseases are leading causes of death, disability and rising health care costs in New York State.

The health and care system is facing a perfect storm of rising demand and costs up against flat budgets.

Bloomberg administration officials attribute increased cost in uniformed services to the rising cost of health care and pension benefits.