Word: allows
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...health care is not a business then we must not allow our physicians to be businessmen and our hospitals to be businesses," Relman said...
...territory to aid guerrilla operations in neighboring states. The Sandinistas were eager to have ONUCA ensure that the contras in Honduras could not infiltrate Nicaragua. The U.S. insisted that ONUCA also monitor the clandestine flow of arms from Nicaragua to the F.M.L.N. Pavlov hinted that ONUCA would allow the Soviets to insist that Nicaragua abide by the agreement. "To go to the Sandinistas and say the U.S. had developed evidence of their violations would not do for us," explains Pavlov, reflecting Soviet concerns that they not be perceived as abandoning their regional allies. "With ONUCA, we could say we were...
...subject to a $30 fine. Rather than rely on police to enforce the law, many disabled residents carry ticket forms that can be slapped onto the window of an offending car. Their eagerness to be tough on parking violators is a sign that the disabled do not intend to allow the unhandicapped to walk all over their rights...
Even so, the U.S. contends that at least two of India's trade practices are unfair. For one thing, the Indian insurance business is controlled by government-run corporations that allow no competition. For another, the U.S. objects to the Indian government's restrictions on all new or expanded investment by outsiders. In most cases, foreign investors are limited to a 40% equity stake in an enterprise, and they must agree to export more than they import, among other requirements...
...obvious solutions to emergency-room overload are expensive and controversial: give people access to affordable health care, pay nurses decently, allow doctors some flexibility in treating their patients and recognize that good preventive care is a sound investment. Though politicians may resist boosting their budgets for medical care, they might be surprised to learn that many of their constituents are willing to pay the price. According to a Gallup poll released this month, 73% of Californians who believe the government should provide better health care for the poor were willing to pay higher taxes for such expanded coverage; 84% favored...