The extent of this subsidy has yet to be disclosed.
When a Congressional Budget Office researcher in 1995 reveals the multibillion-dollar extent of the government's subsidy to Fannie Mae and its brother institution, Freddie Mac (and that one-third of these benefits never reached borrowers), he suggests that "Congress may want to revisit the special relationship".
The extent of such subsidy is limited as the NHI uses a fee schedule of its own when it subsidises a proportion of private fees for patients and fees in the NHI private fee scale are invariably less than those charged for private treatment.
For instance, many of the poorer countries produce agricultural goods, and advanced industrial countries have protected agriculture to the extent that the subsidies exceed the entire incomes in sub-Saharan Africa.
On substance, the forcefulness of cost controls, the extent of subsidies for the more than 45 million uninsured to buy coverage and mechanisms for changing the insurance marketplace remain under negotiation.
Patients seeking treatment in public hospitals may apply for a range of subsidies on their total bill; the extent of subsidy received is subjected to guidelines set by the government to allocate limited resources to those who need them most.
We cannot be more precise about the extent of this potential subsidy without further knowledge of the reservation wage.
We can see this not only in the extent of subsidies doled out to the industry globally, but also in the fact that most arms companies fail miserably when attempting to operate outside the confines of multibillion-pound state contracts with guaranteed profits.
We consider the reality of market concentration and the extent to which pragmatic regulation could allow prices to rise above marginal cost to reduce the extent of direct subsidies and complex market designs.
The data underscore the extent to which the subsidy program has evolved beyond its original goals of increasing food production and supporting traditional farmers as they dealt with market fluctuations.
This was measured by the proportion of the households from each group expressing support towards subsidised CHF membership for the poor and willingness to contribute towards achieving this, (2) the extent of redistribution (the amount of subsidy to the poor) that is likely to be supported and how it compares across the three household groups.
