Sentences with phrase «significant health dollars»

An accompanying editorial by Elizabeth Jackson, M.D., MPH, of the University of Michigan Health System, said the study highlights the urgent need for smoking cessation among PAD patients and getting patients to quit can improve care and save significant health dollars over the long term.

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Proposed federal law would salvage millions for 9/11 survivors Congressman Jerrold Nadler has introduced a bill that could salvage millions of dollars for the 9/11 health bill, which faces significant financial cuts amounting to approximately $ 300 million.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler has introduced a bill that could salvage millions of dollars for the 9/11 health bill, which faces significant financial cuts amounting to approximately $ 300 million.

High blood pressure and related conditions represent one of the world's biggest public health problems, an area of significant unmet medical need and a growing, multibillion - dollar therapeutic market.

Public school families are fighting over scarce resources, and the reality is that school districts like Freehold Borough have seen significant student population increases without corresponding dollars and schools like University Heights Charter School in Newark have had to cut back on needed mental health services and arts programming because they lack funding.

Here, too, the potential cost savings are significant: Researchers in Canada found that for every dollar spent on timely treatment of mental health problems and addictions, $ 7 is saved in healthcare costs, and $ 30 is saved in lost productivity and societal costs (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long - Term Care, health problems and addictions, $ 7 is saved in healthcare costs, and $ 30 is saved in lost productivity and societal costs (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long - Term Care, Health and Long - Term Care, 2009).

And given the dollar amounts involved for the credit itself (which can be worth several thousand dollars to a family), the ramifications of effective health insurance tax credit planning can be significant.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.