The cost of common medical procedures paid for by Medicaid — the joint state-federal health care program for indigent children, the disabled and the very poor — varies dramatically by hospital and region, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of claims by and payments to hundreds of hospitals statewide.
Thus, a shock that would prove mild to upper- and middle-income households can, in the case of a poor household, dramatically reduce assets (including stocks of physical and human capital), reduce or eliminate income sources, lead to reduced consumption, and ultimately put present and future generations of the poor deeper into poverty.
In addition, any waiver of liability must include enforceable safeguards to protect students and taxpayers by preventing further harm and ensuring that poor programs dramatically improve or close.
This recommendation is based on findings from Weinehall et al (35) and Emmelin et al (36), which show that poor SRH dramatically increases the risk for acute myocardial infarction and stroke among persons with other CVD risk factors.
The gap between richest and poorest has dramatically widened in the past decade as wealthy households paid off their debts and piled up savings following the financial crisis, a report warns today.
The world has already seen some of the poorest nations dramatically rise to prosperity after substantial finds.
If Catalonia became independent the rest of Spain would be poorer and Catalonia itself fairly dramatically poorer.
"The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically.
As Yale Professor Thomas Pogge puts it: "Somebody, somewhere, needs to speak the truth, needs to say that the poor have been dramatically betrayed".
The health gap between rich and poor has widened dramatically despite Tony Blair's pledge to slash it, new official figures reveal.
