Sentences with phrase «spending health care dollars»

The article provides an analysis of how Americans are likely to spend their health care dollars in the coming decade, with projections for spending by different sectors, payers, and sponsors.

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Americans spend nearly 1 in 5 dollars on health care, the Brookings Institution estimates.

In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

Both flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts are smart ways to save pre-tax dollars for qualified health care costs, including copays, prescriptions and other out - of - pocket expenses.

Use pre-tax dollars for your health and dependent care expenses by enrolling in one or both of our flexible spending accounts.

Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, predicted cutbacks in health care spending to help close a multibillion - dollar deficit.

The ads are part of a multi-million dollar push for health care spending in the budget, typically one of the costliest areas in the spending plan aside from education aid.

Poloncarz concluded, «With more than $ 1 billion on the line every single year it is our responsibility to ensure every dollar is accounted for and spent properly on the provision of health care services to those in need.

The conservative Koch network is promising to spend millions of dollars to defeat the health care overhaul measure, calling it «Obamacare 2.0.»

The budget increases spending to schools and health care by 4 % over last year, when there were $ 10 billion dollars in cuts.

In second place, is the health care workers union SEIU 1199, which spent nearly $ 7 million dollars on lobbying.

If state lawmakers think today's vote on slashing hundreds of millions of dollars in health - care spending from the state budget is a tough one, wait until next Monday.

Salaries, health care and pension benefits for state workers represent one of the largest and fastest - growing areas of spending, accounting for about one - fifth of all state dollars.

More than a third of the state's money is spent on Medicaid, making it a necessary and obvious target for cuts, and yet each year the same ritual plays out: The governor proposes cuts to health care; the state's hospital lobby and the union representing health - care workers spend millions of dollars in maudlin TV ads decrying the cuts — on top of the millions they contribute to elected officials; the governor's poll numbers decline, and he agrees to an expensive truce that barely makes a dent in rising Medicaid costs.

Along the way they'll also budget tens of billions of dollars of state spending on education, health care and roads and bridges, and decide the fate of hundreds of other bills, including proposals to ban the declawing of cats, end the practice of prosecuting and imprisoning 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders as adults and authorize people with terminal illnesses to request life - ending drugs from a physician.

In fact, at that same rally before the health care workers, Cuomo touted his proposal to spend one billion more dollars on schools in the new state budget.

Litwin was followed on the list of top donors by the health care union 1199 SEIU, hedge fund manager James Simons, New York State United Teachers (which also managed an independent expenditure committee that spent millions of dollars on Senate races) and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

However, increased social spending per dollar spent on health care was associated with improved health outcomes at the population level by province.

Billions of dollars are spent each year in the U.S. on health care related to back pain.

In the U.S., which is well informed and spends nearly 20 cents per dollar of economic activity on health care, nearly one out of every two pregnancies is unintended.

«We can spend all the money we want on health care but prevention and wellness are the only true ways to control health care costs... Health care dollars focus on disease and end of life care, not prevention and wellness... We're not connecting the dots and need to move from an emphasis on sickness to an emphasis on wellness.&health care but prevention and wellness are the only true ways to control health care costs... Health care dollars focus on disease and end of life care, not prevention and wellness... We're not connecting the dots and need to move from an emphasis on sickness to an emphasis on wellness.&health care costs... Health care dollars focus on disease and end of life care, not prevention and wellness... We're not connecting the dots and need to move from an emphasis on sickness to an emphasis on wellness.&Health care dollars focus on disease and end of life care, not prevention and wellness... We're not connecting the dots and need to move from an emphasis on sickness to an emphasis on wellness.»

This would result in one of every six health care dollars spent in total direct health care costs paying for overweight and obesity - related costs.»

It's a useful question for policymakers who must decide how to allocate dollars for highways, health care, and schooling, but for those of us working in the K - 12 arena, the more relevant question is: How do we most wisely spend the dollars we have?

With the practice of spending only about 5 % of assets each year and given the large (and effective) efforts the Foundation makes in developing country health - care, Gates only spends a couple hundred million dollars on education reform each year.

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).

But when the benefits of day - care facilities for pets are considered, every dollar spent on the health, happiness and welfare of pets is worth it.

They are considered «livestock» by the USDA and again, the economics of the trade dictate how much can be spent on health care, feeding, kennel staff, food quality and housing for a puppy who will be sold to a distributer for a couple of hundred dollars at most.

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With the one trillion dollars we have spent on the war, not counting the cost of health care for all the wounded soldiers and the families of the very noble soldiers that gave their lives, we could have been energy independent with a large mix of renewable energy.

This, of course, goes beyond «health care freedom» (which itself is dubious) and is asking for taxpayer dollars to be spent on unproven and pseudoscientific treatments.

Every dollar and hour spent on protection against crime or extortion is a dollar less that is spent on education, sanitation or health care.

When I look back now, it seems incredible that most of our health dollars and efforts were once spent on centralised, institutional systems of care that contributed relatively little to health outcomes for the large investment they incurred.

Millions of dollars are spent annually providing placements in children's mental health facilities, Children's Aid Societies» foster homes, psychiatric hospitals, or institutional care facilities, when relationships in the family home have broken down.

Spacing pregnancies reduces the risk of having a low birth weight or premature birth.10 Preventing unintended pregnancies can help women manage health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease as well as avoid increased risk for depression.11 — 13 Contraceptive use also enables women to achieve their own educational and career goals and support themselves and their families financially.14 On top of all of this, every dollar spent on publicly funded family planning services saves $ 7 in federal and state spending on medical care related to unintended pregnancies.15

A flexible spending account allows you to pay for health - care and dependent care expenses with tax - free dollars.

Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed all 50 states, analyzing eight data points that served as determining factors in the ranking: (1) median household income, sourced from the Census Bureau in 2015 dollars; (2) median home listing price as of June 2017, sourced from Zillow; (3) food spending, using the grocery index sourced from Missouri Economic Research and Information Center and multiplying it against the average amount spent on food from the BLS consumer spending survey from July 2015 - July 2016; (4) employee health insurance premium contribution, sourced from the Commonwealth Fund; (5) annual child care costs for an infant and a 4 - year - old, sourced from Child Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care care costs for an infant and a 4 - year - old, sourced from Child Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care Care Act.