In addition, our results suggest that older people with "moderate" levels of impairment (e.g., 1-2 or 3-4 ADL's) disproportionately rely on services financed by public programs.
As it is, New Jersey is taking in a disproportionately small share of federally financed research, and without any improvement the state will eventually become less attractive as place for high-tech facilities or as source of employment.
Every American is entitled to the same health benefits on reaching the age of 65, yet the system is financed with taxes that fall disproportionately on the wealthy.
Because those with mental retardation and their families are disproportionately poor, they depend more on publicly financed health care like Medicaid.
The M.T.A. already relies disproportionately on its riders to finance the system, compared with other major transit systems in the United States.
The news followed other setbacks, including proposed budget cuts that seemed to environmentalists to disproportionately impoverish the Environmental Protection Fund, which finances critical open-space projects.
That figure is 33% higher than the national average, which means downturns in finance disproportionately hit the New York metro.
By 2010, the weak economy had disproportionately devastated the finances of black and Hispanic households -- so much so that the median household net worth for whites was 22 times as high as it was for blacks.
Based on the results in this paper, it would seem that in order to safeguard such equity, there is a need for policy that focuses on addressing the health needs of the poor while continuing to ensure that the burden of financing health services does not rest disproportionately on the poor.
In order to ensure equity in the health system and to move the country toward universal coverage, there is a need for policy to focus on addressing the health needs of the poor and to continue ensuring that the burden of financing health services does not rest disproportionately on the poor.
