It now means the state has provided lifelines of $180bn to the insurer.
As the editorial noted, other federal programs providing lifeline services like Medicaid are exempt from sequestration.
The airport is a major business hub, particularly for the oil and tourism industries, but it also provides lifeline services to Orkney and Shetland and some emergency air services.
Since then the shop, still based in her three-bedroom home, offers dry cleaning, shoe repairs, a coffee area, groceries and other products, and provides "lifeline" services even in the snow.
These infrastructure networks and systems support urban living, and provide lifeline services upon which we depend for our health, education, transport and social networking.
Community-based programs provide lifeline services to older adults and are part of the continuum of care in later life.
Yet some of the families provide lifelines.
In an unforgiving economy, these colleges provide lifelines not only for laid-off workers in need of a new career, but for recent high school graduates who find that many types of entry-level jobs now require additional skills.
With technology and biotech companies finding it nearly impossible now to sell new stock to the public, money offered by funds like Acqua Wellington is providing lifelines for many companies.
The duchess' message continues: "Children's hospices provide lifelines to families at a time of unimaginable pain.
In the same way, expanding connectivity to isolated areas of rural America improves the general quality of life and provides lifelines, employment opportunities, and support previously unavailable.
