Sentences with phrase «than health coverage»

The general legal posture is for states to view life insurance as less of a necessity than health coverage.

Not exact matches

Because these bare - bones plans do not limit insurance payouts to workers, they meet the letter of the law's requirements that employers provide «affordable» health care coverage to their workers at a far lower cost than more comprehensive plans.

And rather than continue to waste their dwindling political capital ramming through a massive cut in health coverage that an equally massive chunk of the country says it doesn't want, they would effectively stage a vote on an unpassable bill, blame everyone (but themselves), and then move on to what they really care about: corporate tax reform.

Republicans find it easier to rally around tax cuts than robbing millions of Americans of their health coverage.

For 2015, the average premium for employer - sponsored family coverage for firms with fewer than 200 employees increased 5 percent to $ 16,625, according to the 2015 Employer Health Benefits Survey, put out by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Sun Life provides health benefits coverage to more than three million Canadians and their families, or one in six Canadians.

In fact, more employers with 50 or more full - time equivalent workers who offer coverage say they shifted or plan to shift workers» hours from part - time to full - time status to make them eligible for health benefits (7 %) than say they shifted or plan to shift workers from full - time to part - time status to make them ineligible (2 %).

Simplified issue life insurance doesn't require a medical exam and accepts a wider range of health problems than fully underwritten coverage.

If an insurer offers no medical exam coverage with higher death benefits than these, it typically means that the medical exam is conditional upon your responses to health questions.

You will have to offer health insurance coverage for your employees, whereby the employee portion of the premium does not equal more than 9.5 % of their wages, or you can be subject to a per employee penalty on all employees above 30.

Ideally, this will still be cheaper than what you would pay if you bought individual health coverage.

Israeli citiziens pay 5 % health tax to get the universal coverage secondary education does cost money (less than here though)

This law expands basic health care coverage to more than 32 million Americans who previously had no insurance.

More than two - thirds of Americans support mandated coverage of birth control in health plans Date: April 22, 2014

If the answer to question 1 is «Yes» then the SCOTUS made a grave error in allowing corporations to pay their employees less than they agreed to in the contract to provide health insurance coverage regardless of their faith in return for hours worked.

Some persons perhaps, crushed by the burden of medical expenses, had no objection to a cold - war garrison state as such, yet they could wonder about a nation that spent far more on weapons than on health coverage.

If there were ever a challenge for a right - leaning technocrat, it would be expanding health insurance coverage and making insurance coverage more secure at a lower price than Obamacare.

It would be easier for Republicans to talk about health care reform if the public was already familiar conservative plans to expand coverage in ways that were less expensive and intrusive than Obamacare.

Beginning with this tax year, employers filing more than 250 W - 2 forms are required to also report the total cost of group health coverage.

He may feel anxious about upcoming expenses, your health insurance coverage, the pain that you'll feel during pregnancy or delivery, what life will be like with three rather than two, and the effects of pregnancy on your sex life.

The point here is that the formula companies know that as along as breastfeeding mothers are successfully marketed the convenience of supplementing, whether occasionally or exclusively, they won't fight for better maternity leave (the U.S. has one of the worst of industrialized countries), better employee lactation programs, health care coverage for lactation counselors and pumps, and for hospitals that score better than a «D» on breastfeeding support.

Your child also can opt for individual health coverage (rather than through a company group plan), but premiums will be higher.

«I don't think the district's responsibility for an individual employee's health coverage should be more than the employee's responsibility for his own health coverage,» said Commissioner Geraldine McGreevy.

It is often more expensive than the amount that active employees are required to pay for group health coverage.

-- it is more important than ever for soon - to - be mamas to have a plan for maternity care that takes the most advantage of your health insurance coverage.

This means that a young person's health insurance rates are lower and the type of health coverage they require is much less than their parents.

Choose an obstetrician or health care provider Interview potential doctors Contact health insurance company about coverage Start and pregnancy and birth budget Discuss financial effects of pregnancy and baby with partner Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop using street drugs Talk to your physician about any prescription medications Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day Visit the doctor at least once per month or every 4 weeks Do not dye or perm hair Stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages Exercise daily Start taking prenatal vitamins Eat foods rich in folic acid Eat iron rich foods Increase daily intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables Nap as much as possible as fatigue is common Eat fish with low levels of mercury no more than 2 days per week Do not eat undercooked meats Do not eat unpasteurized dairy producs Do not eat cold cut deli meats Allow someone else to clean out the kitty litter, if applicable Limit exposure to chemicals Try to limit stress and tension Complete all prenatal tests — HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Anemia, Blood Typing, Sickle Cell Anemia, Urine Screening and Rubella.

More than 45,800 new people are enrolled in health coverage in the first month of the 2018 open enrollment period that began Nov. 1, the state Department of Health said Thuhealth coverage in the first month of the 2018 open enrollment period that began Nov. 1, the state Department of Health said ThuHealth said Thursday.

In the exchange alone, more than four million New Yorkers, or 1 in 5, have registered for health coverage.

«Honestly, with urgent threats to flight safety, including the Senate bill approved today that strips pilot training requirements, and the legislation that is on the verge of taking health coverage away from people who desperately need it we have much bigger concerns than the President's outrageous tweets,» his spokesperson Theresa Kennedy said.

Sullivan Senior Action Chairwoman Priscilla Bassett said government cradle to grave health coverage, especially Medicare for the elderly, would be far better and less expensive than private company insurance, which she said has higher overhead.

One plugged - in New York City Democratic insider admitted that Rangel was older, in worse health, facing more negative press coverage and battling a more serious opponent than the octogenarian did in 2010.

Friday's report from New York State of Health confirms that those enrolling in the Essential Plan skew younger: 42 percent of its enrollees are older than 45, compared to 51 percent for those buying private coverage through the exchange.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The attorneys general for New York and Minnesota are suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off federal funding for health care coverage for more than 800,000 low - income residents in the two states.

The Thruway's white collar, or technical, employees have long had a unique status among public employees since they received free health coverage, a policy that dates back more than a decade.

«Republicans in New York who voted for the House bill sent a clear message that they'd rather be puppets to ultra conservatives in Washington than protect the nearly 3 million New Yorkers who will lose their health care coverage because of this bill,» the email signed by Cuomo sent by the state Democratic Committee states.

New York's health exchange says it is sending out more than 300,000 tax statements to households where someone enrolled for private health coverage through the exchange last year.

«If affordable health coverage is the goal here in New York, the new «exchange tax» should be dropped and the existing state taxes on health insurance, which today total more than five billion dollars and amount to five percent of premium, be reduced.»

The newest set of data published by the state Department of Health shows that more than 37 percent of New York residents already enrolled for coverage through the Affordable Care Act live in New York City.

But Rep. Brian Higgins, a Buffalo Democrat, said the changes Ryan proposes deeply cut Medicare funding while forcing seniors to face a baffling set of health care choices that in the end offer inferior coverage than what they get now.

Gillibrand described the bill's Medicaid changes as particularly far - reaching, pointing out the program now provides health coverage to one in five Americans — «not only the poor, but two - thirds of those in nursing homes, more than 30 million children, and countless individuals with disabilities.»

Those numbers were based on an assessment by the state Department of Health, which said AHCA «places the coverage of more than 1 million New Yorkers in jeopardy.»

An analysis of data from the Urban Institute's Health Reform Monitoring Survey showed more than 25 percent of people who bought non-group insurance last year did not use the coverage for needed services, like medical treatments, prescription drugs, and tests.

If the initial cap is set high enough, and allows for a rate of inflation based on actual medical costs, which is higher than the average rate of inflation, then the state could be able to meet its costs to cover health care for people on Medicaid who obtained coverage under Obamacare.

The union says more than 84 - thousand people in Central New York could lose health care coverage if the ACA is repealed without a replacement.

According to the state health department, New York's health exchange has so far been a success, enrolling more than three million New Yorkers in the health coverage plans over the past three years.

More New Yorkers than ever are signed up for health coverage under the state's health insurance marketplace.

According to the New York State Department of Health, more than 400,000 New Yorkers have applied for health care coverage through the state MarketHealth, more than 400,000 New Yorkers have applied for health care coverage through the state Markethealth care coverage through the state Marketplace.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

According to the state health department, New York's health exchange has so far been a success, enrolling more than 3 million New Yorkers in the health coverage plans over the past three years.