To control the increasing medical expenditure, the Bureau of National Health Insurance (NHI) had implemented the dental global budget payment system onto the dental services since July 1998.

为了控制持续上涨的医疗费用，全民健康保险局已于1998年实施牙医总额支付制度。

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The Census Bureau says more than forty-six million Americans, about fifteen and a half percent, did not have health insurance last year.

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According to the Census Bureau, most of the uninsured could afford to buy health insurance, but they chose instead to pay their medical bills from the savings of annual premiums.

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The president's latest call for reform came as the Census Bureau released new data showing that the number of people without health insurance rose from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau 45 million people in the U.S. did not have health insurance last year.

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