Introduction Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, there is a provision for expanding Medicaid insurance coverage to those living up to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). ... While the majority of these will be directly in businesses that provide or support health care services (66%), it is also noted by the Small Business Majority that local businesses will benefit from the increased spending of these new wage earners in the local economy (2013). ... (Holahan J, Buettgens M. and Dorn S., 2013) Note the economy is increased through an expanding health...

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Executive Summary The Australian economy is widely regarded as an influential force in the market; in fact, with a GPD of $1.488 trillion (US) as of 2013,1 it is the 12th largest in the world. Australia currently operates as an open, export-oriented, free market economy, a significant contributor to its 2nd place title in the top 10 highly developed nations, with a HDI of 0.938.2 Singapore's economy follows not so far behind, with a GDP of $287.4 billion (US), listed 35th in the world. Similarly, Singapore also operates as an open, export-oriented, free market economy and has a HDI of 0....

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Appropriating women's resources - land, time, food and energy resources, paid and unpaid labor, community networks for maintaining health, political and economic "insurance," and so on - was central to economistic development's most exploitative but "successful" practices... Coelho and Coffey observes in their studies, "Cutbacks in public expenditure generated by SAP relocates many state-provided health care and child care services back to the household, and eliminates food subsidies and other welfare benefits that helped women meet some of their family's food needs." (1996) Wom...

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Due to the shortage of investment funds, social infrastructures like education, health, and care of the environment will to decrease, exactly when an increase would be beneficial to the economy. ... Health care is vital in a growing population, yet exactly when an increase in health care would be beneficial, it is lacking. ...

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Child care is a part of the welfare system here in the United States. ... The funds for this program come from Health and Human Services, which provides the funds to local grantees which comply with strict federal performance standards. ... This leads to higher turnover rates of employees of child care facilities, and insufficient child care. ... Works Cited Federal Funding for Child Care or Preschool. ... Framing Investment in Early Care and Education as Economic Development. ...

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Some stated that the deal would erode Canada's health-care system and income maintenance systems, and endanger Canadian industries. ... When NAFTA was first introduced to Canadians its goals were to improve economic stability, lower prices and improve quality products, initiate stronger health and safety standards, and create free trade resulting in greater choices in goods and services. (2) It was designed to increase trade and investment among the three countries. ... "Through the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation and its Commission, each NAFTA partner is committed to enfo...

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In a broader perspective, Globalization had its massive impact and India has observed the impact in various sectors like agriculture, industry, education, health and service. ... Financial integration helps to combat health challenges: A case of Sierra Leone After the end of the civil war, Sierra Leone, the small beautiful developing nation in West Africa experience several health challenges in various forms. ... Despite the mounting death toll, this huge health challenge in Sierra Leone had a huge adverse impact on agriculture, trade and commerce. ... These poor economies are urgent need of c...

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There are also a number of alternative theoretical bases, including the theories of procedural and distributive justice, virtue ethics and the duty of care. ... Corporations should not care about anything but making money legally and honestly. ... The minimum agent-of-society view helps out the community by trying to abstain from harm and helping others in need, but it does not go overboard and take care of everything in society. ...

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In fact, between the years 1961/2 and 1985/6 Kuwait increased its expenditure on public health care services by 2,715%; between the same fiscal periods, Kuwait increased its expenditure on educational services by 3067%. ... On the back of buoyant oil revenues, through expanding its housing assistance, education, and health services, the state has provided housing, health and education for the Kuwaitis. ... The fact that Kuwait employs a rentier economy, by definition, denotes that its economic health (oil price) is dictated by external forces. ...

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For younger [pre-adolescent] children this precept can be considered as 'faithfulness in relationships', taking care of one's friends. ... If businesses attempt to fatten their profits by using substandard ingredients in foodstuffs, such as by using cloth-dye as a coloring in children's sweets, substituting chemicals for orange juice, or putting boric acid in meatballs (all of which have occurred in Thailand in recent years), consumers' health is endangered. ... Furthermore, the people whose health has suffered work less efficiently, causing a decline in productivity. ...

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This offers a chance to provide social benefits currently only enjoyed by the minority, such as universal health care and education. ... This means:  Capital discipline - investment proposals must compete for internal funding and be resilient to low oil prices  Portfolio management - being in the right businesses at the right time by constantly challenging assumptions and staying alert to opportunities  Operational excellence and cost leadership - maximising value from all assets through professionalism and reliability, delivering both industry-leading unit co...

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Human trafficking is "all acts involved in the recruitment, abduction, transport, harboring, transfer, sale or receipt of persons, within national or across international borders, through force, coercion, fraud or deception."(http://oag.ca.gov/human-trafficking/what-is). Human trafficking is of significance globally as it affects nearly every country either as a point of origin, transit or destination. The victims are from over 127 countries, so the issue is truly global. The pattern of the trade of humans is usually from developing (third world countries) to developed countries ( first world ...

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In the past elections candidates would always promise to lead the country back to civilian rule and further away from military rule, however once in power they became so engulfed in the pleasures of being president they either forgot about or did not care about the people's concerns. ... It also has bad roads, public transportation health crisis, and disintegrating universities. ... Along with the political conflicts Nigeria is battling agricultural and health conflicts as well. ...

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In order to receive benefits a person has to be either unfit to work due to health issues, if they cannot find work due to other circumstances and if they have children under 19 single and working part time. ... Although she and her partner work 20 hours a week between them as carers and they receive £26,000 more than the benefit capping rate she still demands tax credits and child benefits from the council. ... You could receive this on top of your contribution-based JSA because you have partner or because of other personal reasons e.g. disability, caring for someone disabled or you hav...

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They get nothing, except for very minimum wages, tedious working schedules and no benefits of health care and housing. ... Until recently they did not even care about these individual groups, when suddenly some private tourist companies suggested that they should open the doors for tourist activities in these regions, and to so called expose the "great culture" of these groups, their art, craft and also their language, to the whole world. ...

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The 2016/17 Australian Federal Budget documents the Government's estimated revenue and expenditure over the next financial year, and is the primary fiscal tool used by the Commonwealth to achieve the economic goals objectives of economic growth, internal stability, and external stability. Policies ...

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China's people's health has also improved dramatically with life expectancy increasing from 39 years during the 1950's to 71 today, which is higher even than the world average of 64 years. Furthermore education and health care is improving constantly as in 1949 80% of adults were illiterate and there were only 3000 medical institutions for a population of over 500 million where as now only 6% of adults are illiterate and 310 000 medical institutions. ...

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By 1957, Cuba had an advanced health sector providing the lowest infant mortality rate in Latin America (13th lowest in the world), and the third highest number of physicians and dentists per capital, comparable with the Netherlands and higher than in the United Kingdom and Finland. ... Cuba also significantly increased spending on health care, education, and armed forces. ...

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Ghana - Under Economic Underdevelopment After its independence in 1957, Ghana appeared relatively prosperous compared with many other African countries. Agricultural crops, including yams, grains, cocoa, oil palms, kola nuts, and timber, formed the base of Ghana's economy, which was moderately sta...

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Question What led to the "Industrial Revolution"? Is this term correct, or might it be a misnomer? Why? Response Historians consider the industrial revolution as the most significant period in the history of humanity. The Oxford English dictionary describes the industrial revolution as a rapid industrial development, which took place in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, chiefly owing to the introduction of new or improved machinery and large-scale production methods. ...

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We went to school every day since we were six years old. We learned things which we do not really want to learn through boring classes. Our parents told us that we must do well in school, and then we will have a good life in future. That is the only way to change people's lives if they do not want t...

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The Industrial Development Authority in the sense that they have specifically focused on four industrial sectors: ICT, pharmaceutical and health-care, international financial services industry, and the international service industry. ...

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