Sentence examples for standards of affordability from inspiring English sources

"I still believe that a fallback, safety-net plan, to be triggered and available immediately in states where insurance companies fail to offer plans that meet the standards of affordability, could have been the road toward achieving a broader bipartisan consensus in the Senate".

By establishing a minimum standard of affordability, capping annual tuition increases and taking new initiatives to control costs, we can begin to restore affordability to New Jersey's public higher education system.

But the law ignores that family policies are much costlier, and still applies the same standard of affordability.

The second type of penalty kicks in when a large business does offer an insurance plan that meets a number of basic criteria (known as minimum essential coverage) but does not meet the law's standard of affordability, thereby making it possible for employees at the company to go get subsidized insurance on the state healthcare exchanges.

Yet, health itself is specifically addressed in the International Bill of Human Rights, as a right "to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health", benchmarked by standards of adequacy, affordability, availability, quality and cultural appropriateness [ 31].

But this measure of affordability is misleading, not least because credit standards have tightened so much.

I also published the maps to gather views on that standard definition of affordability: 35% of take-home pay.

If you accept the government's standard definition of affordability, then this young person earning the minimum wage (£4.98 an hour for 18- to 20-year-olds) couldn't afford afford to rent a room in the average shared flat in any of 33 local authorities in London, with four approaching affordability: Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Havering, and Richmond upon Thames.

President Obama has called on Congress to incorporate performance standards on affordability, debt loads and completion rates into the accreditation process that determines the eligibility of institutions for federal student support.

The health plans offered by the vast majority of these businesses already meet Obamacare standards for affordability -- 74 percent -- and for quality of coverage -- 81percentt -- the survey shows.

Citing the "fragile state" of the housing market, the bureau said it would allow new mortgages to meet more flexible standards for affordability during a phase-in period of up to seven years.