Stanley Ho, a friend and a fellow tycoon, claimed that a reluctance to pay medical fees meant that the ailing Ms Wang consulted a doctor only in December, by which time her illness, believed to be ovarian cancer, was too advanced to be treated.
On top of thousands in savings, medical tourists' fees may include assistance from a concierge, lengthy hospital stays, rehabilitation and sometimes sightseeing tours.
Today, Produits du Sud has created an entirely new stream of income for rural Malians to supplement subsistence millet farming and pay for school fees, medical needs, and food in the lean months between harvests.
When factoring in medical trend, taxes and fees, carrier and product changes and the introduction of community rating, your premiums will jump significantly.
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The government stays out of the private sector, allowing the 23 private medical institutions to charge whatever fees they think the market will accept.
Tuition and fees at public medical schools, after all, have shot up 133 percent since 1990, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Yet civic groups and ordinary people are against raising medical-insurance premiums and consultation fees.
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In the past, insurance companies have effectively considered being a woman a "pre-existing condition, " and the specific medical needs of women meant higher fees and less coverage.
What he doesn't advertise is that 17 times since 2000, according to court documents, he has sidestepped the state's attempt to moderate attorneys' fees, and hence medical costs.
Those other revenue effects include the taxes being assessed on sales of medical equipment, the new health insurance company fees, etc.
On 9 March 2011, Dr Peperkamp's name was removed from the medical register because he had failed to pay his fees.
The money helped re-start businesses closed down by the bombing, paid for some victims' medical costs, post-traumatic counselling and school fees of orphaned children.
Mr Woodford was fired in October after raising doubts about massive fees paid in the purchase of British medical equipment maker Gyrus Group in 2008.
Indiana's Evan Bayh is baying for a reduction in the hefty fees to be imposed on manufacturers of medical devices, many of whom are based in his state.
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According to a December 6 report issued by the third party set up by the company to investigate Woodford's claims, the company had inflated fees for the 2008 purchase of Gyrus, a UK medical instruments firm.
Regardless of whether you choose the standard mileage rate or actual car expenses, parking fees, tolls, interest and taxes are separately deductible for business, medical, moving and charitable purposes.
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It already has an elaborate array of "reimbursement fees" it allows doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to charge for medical services and procedures.
When you convert medical expenses into credit card debt, the expense becomes consumer debt and you are then subject to associated penalties and fees.
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