Re "As Bombast Elevates, a Primer on the Details of the Health Care Overhaul" (news article, Aug. 10): Affordability, simplicity, reliability.
The congressman, Mr. Draper recalled, "said the top three things he wanted were No. 1, a public option; No. 2, availability; and No. 3, affordability".
Osorio considered a three-dimensional model [43]: (1) accessibility, (2) affordability, and (3) legal framework.
Farmers and graziers valued species-rich grasslands were (1) the medicinal effect of specific grassland plants on livestock, (2) affordability, (3) the resilience of species-rich grasslands to drought and flooding, (4) conservation, and (5) marketability of pastoral products.
2. Affordability: It does no good to provide an area struggling to generate sustained economic development with expensive electricity that the population cannot afford.
[GP8] Affordability of non-subsidised medicines was discussed by GPs during interviews, with comments made about these being very expensive and only being accessible to the 'rich'rich
5 15 Affordability was a leading barrier (41%), similar to that found in Tamil Nadu 16 (78.2%) and another study from an urban area in Andhra Pradesh.
In those respondents favouring delivery of mental health care in health centres, the main justifications were accessibility (59.6%; n = 90), affordability (6.0%; n = 9) and acceptability (1.3%; n = 2) for care-seekers.
As Carrin et al. observe (44, p. 803), 'Affordability of premiums or contributions is often mentioned as one of the main determinants of membership.' The South African Ministerial Task Team commissioned investigation of low-income medical schemes found that '… the fundamental obstacle to expanding coverage to low-income households in South Africa remains affordability' (24, p. 124).
