"The federal government would establish planning grants and loan guarantees for HMO's towards a goal of increasing the number of HMO's from 30 in 1970 to 1,700 by 1976, enrolling 40 million people and 90 percent of the population by 1980-(Tufts, 1998, ¶10). ... This has hit small employers the hardest, "In Miami for example, employers with fifty or fewer employees are reportedly facing premium increases in excess of 20 percent-more than double the increases for larger employers."" ...

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There are many challenges which NHS faces at the moment and some of them are the aging population, long queues in which patients have to wait for their turn, lifestyle factors, changes in expectations of the public, accident and emergency departments, rising costs and advances in medicine and technology. ... According to statistics, one in every four adults is obese and this figure is most likely to double in the next 40 years. ...

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