Sentences with phrase «poor health of my people»

In my life time, I want to see the poor health of my people become a thing of the past.

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Furthermore, the CBO expects the Senate's health bill to substantially raise Americans» out - of - pocket medical costs by slashing Obamacare's mandated benefits and rolling back assistance to poorer and sicker people, as well as discouraging some low - income Americans from buying insurance in the first place (the BCRA would nix Obamacare's requirement that people carry coverage or pay a fine).

But when people live in a constant state of fight or flight that's triggered by all the things they're trying to squeeze into a week, this can lead to really poor decisions and life - threatening health problems.

Put simply, the house plan, entitled American Health Care ACT (AHCA), essentially caps what the government will pay to aid families and poor people, and what it will spend in total, regardless of how fast medical costs increase.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked with the non-profit project Measure of America to publicize the problem because disconnection in young people is such a predictor of poor health and early death.

«We need to rebuild our primary - care system first, through a network of government funded, fully paid community health centers where anybody — not just poor people — where everybody could go for their primary care for free,» she explained.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Still, even though more people in poor health reported high levels of stress than any other group, when all respondents in the «highly stressed in the last month» group listed what contributed to their stress, a few contributing factors beat out health issues: too many responsibilities overall, financial problems, and work problems.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

If people not in the workforce have similar rates of days where they are unable to work due to poor health as their employed peers, this would equate to 20 million excess sick days with the estimated productivity loss valued at $ 2.7 billion.

But I do agree to many people are wasting their lives in front of the TV, it contributes to poor health and obesity, especially in children.

It also seems quite hard to swallow that a person could spend his or her life helping the poor, counseling the down and out, building homes for Habitat for Humanity, giving millions to charitable causes, assisting those with disabilities and mental health issues, and without a sincere acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior, be doomed to eternal condemnation and suffering, no getting out early for good behavior.

@@@@@ WIMPY WASP explained it when earthquakes and floods and famine hit really hard then most crazy broke really religious people who don't have a job go crazy like you.you religious people don't give back in my last three years I given back too helping the poor more then $ 20,000 dallors of my own money how much you so called chicken heads crazy religious people given out of your own income wait you crazy religious people got ta pay your light bill.by the way I own my own commercial health base buisness in Arizona.you still working for a pay check I write employees paychecks.

This is a society in which money and power are more important than people, health is a negotiable commodity, old - age a curse, worker slavery a new form of more profitable production, the poor are disposable, and the earth's destruction an increasing reality.

History has shown that religion is not healthy for children, the planet, freedom, innocent civilians, people of other religions, little boys who trust priests, justice for the poor, education, knowledge of the world around us, social health, the arts...

Our choice is simply, a president who wants to 1) increase you taxes and what everyone to pay «more» — coded as «fair share», 2) considers the poor decisions of one person to be paid for by others (everything from health care to welfare to immigration) and 3) has repeatedly lied to the american people (i.e. benghazi).

To front - load the story by saying people were being treated in animal stalls, and only later point out it was a free clinic held in a county fairground (rural area, large crowd... likely the only suitable place that passed health and safety requirements for such an event), and to not mention that many if not most of those taking advantage of the free medical care were likely farm workers and not here legally... is beyond poor reporting.

He underlined the need to improve access to mental health support for people in the poorest places of the world and shared how he had witnessed first - hand, some of the challenges faced by children with disabilities on a trip to East Africa.

A society in which married couples are expected to be faithful to their marital vows «for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health» is a society that assumes all people, regardless of class, can experience marriage as a «school of love»» no matter what economic hardships may confront them.

For example, to love another person in the commitment of marriage is to deal with all that person's relationships, ancestry, family, vocation and life history, «for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health».

Poor people can not afford food, shelter, clothing, health care, or any of the expenses associated with those things.

The imperative to liberalize has demanded a shrinking of state involvement in national life, producing a wave of privatization, cutting jobs, slashing health, education and food subsidies, etc. affecting the poor people in society.

They do not include, for example, Catholic Charities» extensive network of 1,400 charitable agencies serving 18 million people; the Catholic Health Association's 600 hospitals and 300 long term care facilities serving 20 million people; or the Campaign for Human Development's efforts to organize and empower the poor, with 200 local antipoverty groups working to improve policies, practices and laws affecting low - income people.

Even more importantly, when we work for creation's well - being, we also work for the health, dignity and wellbeing of the 70 percent of the world's poorest people who depend on it for their very survival.

«Some note that charity is very good at the moment of emergency relief but it doesn't change the underlying problem unless structures that keep people poor, sick or deny their access to health insurance are changed,» she said.

McDonald, the pastor who spoke out on behalf of poor people from his Atlanta church, says Jesus provided universal health care.

Wages says he has no doubt that lack of health insurance is a monumental problem, and that many people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control.

Coutsoudis A, Coovadia HM & Wilfert CM, HIV, infant feeding and more perils for poor people: new WHO guidelines encourage review of formula milk policies, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008; 86:210 — 214 Coutsoudis A, Goga AE, Rollins N, Coovadia HM: Free formula milk for infants of HIVinfected women: blessing or curse?

Melita's experience working with people with mental illness and the links with early life experience, health inequalities and the intergenerational transmission of poor mental health, inspires a passion for championing the importance of perinatal and infant mental health.

It is my submission that «when millions of people have been cheated for too long, restitution becomes a costly process; inferior education, poor housing, unemployment, poor health care facilities» These are but the real propellers of hate.

Some analysis of the 2017 General Election in the UK has been published in the Financial Times, which seems to indicate that people without a university degree, who were working class, and had poor health.

And what if new forms of mass occupations develop — around corporate «land grabs» for example — where thousands of poor people stay in protracted protest and a political standoff without sufficient health care and food.

«Indirectly robbing the poor of education, health, food, employment and sustainable development... They are not only robbing people but God himself, who calls us all to love mercy, do justice and walk humbly before him.»

Many elderly people require special adaptation of their homes due to mobility restrictions and poor health.

This is despite the fact that having to do non-meaningful work harms a person — including poor health outcomes, frustrated human capabilities, diminished life chances, or even the absence of a sense that life is worth living.

You don't suggest to gut a program that serves many poor people who would not receive the necessary health care they deserve as citizens of the greatest nation in the world, because you can't root out and eliminate fraud.

For more than a month now, cases of Legionnaires» — a form of pneumonia especially dangerous for the elderly and for people with underlying health issues — have been reported throughout a section of the South Bronx, the city's poorest neighborhood.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

He acknowledged the health of the poorest people has not improved at the same pace as that of the richest and named access to GP services as a key factor in determining health outcomes.

In a speech outlining how the government intends to improve the lives of the poorest people in society the prime minister focused on four key areas: family life, mental health and addiction, education and equal opportunities.

Bearing signs saying «Don't balance the budget on the backs of the poor» and shouting «Hey hey, ho ho, the funding cuts have got to go,» the roughly 150 demonstrators, largely from New York City, represented progressive activist groups pushing for rent reductions for people with HIV, homeless services, low - income housing, health care and other issues.

The new fund — «Warm and Well Cornwall» — targets residents who are in poor health or at risk of ill health, or with underlying health issues, or caring for a vulnerable person or worried about their home being cold or damp.

- People with mental health problems are more likely to have poor physical health, dying, on average, 10 years earlier than the rest of the population.

That would upend New York's 50 - year tradition of forcing counties to pay for as much as 25 percent of the cost of Medicaid, which offers health care to poor people and nursing home care to seniors without resources.

He said, «Honestly, I don't think it is right for one person to hold the lives of about 180 million Nigerians hostage because of his poor health.

Ministers must «bear some responsibility» for poor mental health among young people, the head of the largest teaching union has said.

As the Times points out, many health lobbies support national minimum pricing, claiming that it would save lives, while Andrew Lansley opposes the move, arguing that it would hit poorer people, and isn't necessarily the best way of reducing demand.

Anxiety about visiting the dentist is common and becomes a phobia when it has a marked impact on someone's well - being; people with dental phobias typically avoid going to the dentist and end up experiencing more dental pain, poorer oral health and a detrimental effect on their quality of life.

Deaf people who sign have poorer health than the general population, according to a study led by researchers from the School for Social and Community Medicine at the University of Bristol.

Poor health literacy is a particular problem for elderly, ethnic minority, and socially disadvantaged people, all of whom are more likely to have chronic kidney disease.