Sentence examples for coverage of poor from inspiring English sources

In Texas, as throughout the country, the coverage of poor children through Medicaid and related programs expanded greatly over the last decade.

But defenders of these mandates say that improved coverage of poor children and pregnant women is an important social goal that can only be met through Medicaid until broader national reforms of health care are achieved.

The CBO released a preliminary report ahead of a potential Senate vote on the bill introduced by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Dean Heller (R-Nevada) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) that would shift insurance subsidies for individual private coverage and Medicaid funding for coverage of poor Americans to block grants controlled by states.

Brewer is one of just four Republican governors so far to support broadening coverage of poor people whereas 10 other GOP governors are already on record against it.

On the indicator "coverage of registration", one expert argued that coverage alone is not a good criterion: one may have nominal 90% coverage of poor quality, which is worse than having 45% coverage of better quality.

To call the somatic variants we relaxed the depth of coverage threshold to > = 6X to take into account the higher multiplexing of PB samples, the lower average coverage of poor quality FFPE, and the need to increase the sensitivity of the assay at the lower limit of detection.

Other less-scientific arguments have also gained traction on blogs, chat shows and editorial pages since talk of the overhaul began in earnest, with the overweight cast as lazy or gluttonous liabilities and therefore not entitled to universal health coverage because of poor personal decision-making.

Coverage of the poor is twice that of the non-poor (0.36% vs. 0.17%), and coverage of the extremely poor is four times greater than that of the rest of the population (0.78% vs. 0.20%).

Other issues are whether Congress can broaden Medicaid coverage of the poor and taxpayers can even challenge the individual mandate before it takes effect in 2014.

Lack of health insurance coverage of the poor in developing countries impedes access to adequate health care.

Indigent households continue to be a focus of PhilHealth initiatives aimed at increasing coverage of the poor.