As part of its 1983 budget-cutting proposals, the admin. istration sought, but did not obtain, legislation to modify Medicare's waiver of liability provision with respect to payments to hospitals, health agencies-;1 skilled nursing facilities, and home According to the President's proposals, this change would have resulted in a net savings of $10 million in fiscal year 1983. We believe that suc...

the owner of the aircraft or the enterprise which benefits from its use or operation may have civil liability for injuries to persons or property on the land or water or in the sky. regarding this liability many questions can be raised: who is the responsible person and what are the harmful acts and damages which can be resulted from using aircraft and how can harmonize the property rights of p...

according to the famous theory in iranian jurisprudence, civil liability of the vehicle keepers against third party is on the res ipsa loquitor, duty of care, or risk, or a combination of them. regarding to these foundations, if a vehicle keeper has not a policy of insurance covering third party damage, he or she must compensate the damage although has not caused the accident. this was inferenc...

• Good experiments should be planned in advance • Planning includes • Generating a firm plausible testable hypothesis • Avoiding confounding factors and other forms of bias • Understanding the “experimental unit” • Understanding the principles of the test you use • Presenting convincing positive and negative results • It helps to have some idea of what the data will be like • If you can first i...

• Good experiments should be planned in advance • Planning includes • Generating a firm plausible testable hypothesis • Avoiding confounding factors and other forms of bias • Understanding the “experimental unit” • Understanding the principles of the test you use • Presenting convincing positive and negative results • It helps to have some idea of what the data will be like • If you can first i...

Catastrophic risks differ in terms of their natural or human origins, their possible amplification by human behaviors, and the relationships between those who create the risks and those who suffer the losses. Given their disparate anatomies, catastrophic risks generally require tailored therapies, with each prescribed therapy employing a specific portfolio of policy strategies. Given that catas...

of cps respondents. Yet it is likely that such limited work loss could be due to an acute condition. So, although Wolfe is correct in saying that those with shortterm, acute illnesses should be excluded from the disabled group, the data shortcomings and definitional problems make this difficult . Wolfe indicates partial support for her method of identifying the disabled because her estimate of ...

rior to 1900, a worker who was disabled by inPdustrial injury or accident could obtain recompense only through lawsuits based on either common law or, in some jurisdictions, employers' liability statutes. Under common law, the plaintiff had to prove the employer's negligence and this, coupled with several other factors, militated greatly against the worker. Thus, there was a reluctance on the p...