He predicted states would spend only 2.8% more than they otherwise would have, because their Medicaid programs now have to pay for things such as mental-health services, emergency-room visits and drug counseling that will be entirely or largely paid for by Washington under the expansion.
Michael Carvin, an attorney representing private plaintiffs including the National Federation of Independent Business, rejected the government's premise that 40 million uninsured Americans are distorting the health-care market by shifting costs of free emergency-room care to taxpayers and insurance ratepayers.
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In the village of Santo Domingo, the ICRC sets up its clinic in the long abandoned health centre - a dilapidated three-room building with broken windows, and, like the rest of the village, no electricity.
So why not take a preventive health care approach, instead of the emergency-room approach, to financial security?
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In theory, budget-cutting offers more room than health care did to lure in those obstructive Republicans: fiscal responsibility is supposedly dear to the hearts of the political right.
Thompson's portfolio and you'd think you're looking at a bunch of injured and aching players in the trainer's room: Cardinal Health, Viacom, Coca-Cola, Pfizer, even scandal-besmirched Tyco International.
The report, Air Travel and Health, will raise concerns about the amount of leg-room available on flights - but it is expected to conclude that first-class and business-class passengers are also at risk.
In the health club locker room or at the community pool, flip-flops can protect feet against fungi and wart-causing viruses that can be acquired by walking around barefoot.
He said he was not against change but that the "back-room reforms" were a distraction from what the health service needed.
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That means room service delivered from world-renowned restaurants, a private health spa with trainers at the ready and, most importantly, a smiling concierge on call at all hours to accommodate every aspect of their lives.
Dr Kitzhaber, a former emergency-room doctor, stands apart from most politicians in America's health debate: he accepts that resources are limited.
We're investing in Bucksport Regional Health Center in Maine, where doctors are double-booked and the waiting rooms are often standing room only.
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When applied to the PCMH team approach to health care delivery, data analytics have been proven to significantly reduce emergency room visits and hospital re-admissions.
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There is a painting of a Boca Juniors player on the outside of each hotel room door, and guests have access to a state-of-the-art health club, a heated indoor pool and a sauna.
While President Obama was in the Oval Office, making the toughest calls any president has had to make -- how to save the economy from depression, rescue the American auto industry, bring affordable health care to millions of Americans or take out Osama bin Laden -- Paul Ryan was in a different room.
Health plans would have to pay for pediatricians under both Democratic and Republican proposals, as well as obstetricians and emergency-room visits.
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