A Call for Action: Executive SummaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 18 pages |
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... benefits are equivalent to more than 90 percent of after - tax profits , compared with 74 percent in 1984 and only 14 percent in 1965. Such dramatic increases not only impede efforts to improve access to health care. 5 Financing Care for ...
... benefits are equivalent to more than 90 percent of after - tax profits , compared with 74 percent in 1984 and only 14 percent in 1965. Such dramatic increases not only impede efforts to improve access to health care. 5 Financing Care for ...
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... benefit package that includes preventive and primary care as well as other physician and hospital care . Individuals would be responsible for a share of premiums and service costs - on all but preventive services - up to a maxi- mum and ...
... benefit package that includes preventive and primary care as well as other physician and hospital care . Individuals would be responsible for a share of premiums and service costs - on all but preventive services - up to a maxi- mum and ...
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... benefit package that , except for preventive services , includes sig- nificant consumer cost sharing ( subject to ability to pay and an out - of - pocket maximum ) , so that consumers rec- ognize and are sensitive to costs as they ...
... benefit package that , except for preventive services , includes sig- nificant consumer cost sharing ( subject to ability to pay and an out - of - pocket maximum ) , so that consumers rec- ognize and are sensitive to costs as they ...
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... the Health Benefits Simulation Model . Our health care system still inspires awe - and rightly 9 increasingly effective payment mechanisms . Initially for Beneficiaries and Costs of the Commission's Health Care Recommendations.
... the Health Benefits Simulation Model . Our health care system still inspires awe - and rightly 9 increasingly effective payment mechanisms . Initially for Beneficiaries and Costs of the Commission's Health Care Recommendations.
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... benefit of the most advanced medical technologies in the world , yet many poor women can't get decent prena- tal care and families can't get help to keep a frail parent from having to go into a nursing home . " - Senator Dave ...
... benefit of the most advanced medical technologies in the world , yet many poor women can't get decent prena- tal care and families can't get help to keep a frail parent from having to go into a nursing home . " - Senator Dave ...
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Page 2 - ... savings achieved elsewhere in the federal budget, the Commission is committed to raising whatever additional revenues are necessary. B. In considering what revenue options to adopt, the Commission recommends that the choice be guided by the following three criteria: 1. The final tax package ought to be progressive, requiring a higher contribution from those most able to bear increased tax burdens. That is, families with higher incomes would be asked to contribute a greater share of their incomes...