In truth, the independent payment advisory board of nongovernmental experts is specifically precluded from rationing care, and Congress, not the board, has the final say on what cuts should be made.
The advisory board is specifically precluded by the law from recommending cuts in benefits or eligibility; its job is to propose cuts in payments to providers and insurers if necessary to meet budget targets.
However, it can also be argued that users, in agreeing to the terms and conditions of the website and then openly contributing to a public discussion, have accepted that they broadcast into the public domain and the role of research in such a space is not specifically precluded.
Second, patients with major medical comorbidities that precluded early angiography were specifically excluded from the HAC-X pathway.
Although the study design precluded blinding, ward staff were unaware of the exact details of the study, and patients were specifically not informed of the components of the intervention being tested.
They were specifically excluded".
Points were removed successively, starting from the highest ratio completed, when the curve-fitting routine generated an abscissa intersection point (a/ δ) which lay to the left of the rightmost empirical datum point; such an intersection implies a negative predicted response rate, which is impossible empirically, and specifically precluded by the model (see above, Eq. (1)).
The deal specifically precluded the sort of measure Mr. Dorgan is pushing.
However, for many years Food and Drug Administration guidelines specifically precluded participation of females in many drug studies.
Despite improvements from pre- to post-assessment, considerable symptom fluctuation observed during the baseline period preclude conclusion that symptom changes are specifically attributable to the course of treatment.
