The consequences of cutting expenditure further could be devastating.
What have been the practical consequences of these expenditures?
"Spending embedded in the tax code is effectively funded before discretionary spending is considered," said the Government Accountability Office in one of several reports warning of the consequences of tax expenditures.
Focuses on social insurance programs such as social security and unemployment insurance, and on the causes and consequences of rising health expenditures.
This conservative estimation method may lead to underestimating the financial consequences of household health expenditures [ 9, 36].
As a health economics concept, UHC guarantees financial protection by providing a shield against the catastrophic and impoverishing consequences of out-of-pocket expenditure, through the implementation of pooled prepaid financing systems.
Our review of public research and innovation impact studies shows that interest in this topic started back in the 1970s, when the US tertiary institutions were recommended to assess the direct and indirect consequences of their investment and expenditures on their regional economy by the American Council on Education (Goldstein 1989).
In his letter, Mr Hamilton said he was alarmed about the lack of concern about the likely consequences for public expenditure.
The leanness of Fto deficient mice (Fto−/−) develops as a consequence of increased energy expenditure and systemic sympathetic activation, despite decreased spontaneous locomotor activity and relative hyperphagia.
One of the more unfortunate consequences of this "re-balancing of government expenditure", as Bitamazire put it, is that bright children from places like Katine cannot get to university.
With a growing ageing population, an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases, and the consequences of both in terms of medical expenditure, it is anticipated that the need for palliative and end-of-life care will intensify resulting in a greater need for research in this area.
