Sentences with phrase «pocket health expenditures»

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A crucial Senate health committee has scheduled hearings for September to review a bipartisan framework that would guarantee insurers payments (called «cost - sharing subsidies») that help reduce low - income Americans» out - of - pocket medical expenditures, carry on the universal coverage mandate, and incorporate GOP proposals to make more bare - bones plans available as well as repeal certain ACA taxes.

Prominent among these is a secular decline in the share of health care expenditures paid out - of - pocket by consumers, lessening the motivation for precautionary savings.

Americans spend $ 30.2 billion out - of - pocket on complementary health approaches annually, a substantial percentage of the $ 328.8 billion spent in total out - of - pocket health care expenditures, a new study says.

Out - of - pocket medical expenses, inpatient and outpatient care, emergency room visits and prescription drugs all contribute to the added health care expenditures, with inpatient prescriptions contributing the most, An said.

With India spending as little 0 · 1 % of its GDP on publicly funded drugs, close to two - thirds of the total out - of - pocket expenditure on health was incurred on drugs, often used irrationally.

Fourth, dismally low public spending on health has crippled the public sector and created large barriers in quality and access — the total expenditure on health in India fell from 4 · 5 % of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004 - 05 to 4 · 0 % of GDP in 2013 - 14, and most of this expenditure was out - of - pocket leading to catastrophic health care expenditure for millions.

If either you or your new spouse have already met your deductible or paid significant out - of - pocket costs in your current plan year, you might not want to start a new plan with new limits, especially if you're anticipating additional health care expenditures.

Unexpected health problems are the biggest cause of unforeseen, emergency out - of - pocket expenditure, pushing lakhs of households below poverty line on a yearly basis.

The retail segment within the health insurance market is supposedly going to grow at a constant pace due to heightened penetration in smaller cities; replacement of out - of - pocket expenditure with health insurance spends, rising urbanization, demographic shifts and increasing costs of medical procedures.

Findings show that having health insurance works to reduce parental out - of - pocket expenditures.28