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- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
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- noun Excessive utilization;
overuse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
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Examples
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The standard being set for determining "overutilization" is not directly specified, but implicitly, and sometimes explicitly, depends upon two parameters:
LaRouche's Latest 2010
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Therefore, increasing premiums for wealthier seniors is more likely to restrain overutilization than hiking their ... common sense Medicare reforms, like income-adjusted premiums ...will help ensure patients are seeking appropriate care.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel" RJ 2012
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Coburn and Burr write that beneficiary premiums, rather than payroll taxes, are more likely to have an impact on helping curb overutilization.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel" RJ 2012
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Translation: Our plan's designed to make it unaffordable to get medical care, because that will reduce "overutilization" ... or as the rest of us like to think of it, "medical care."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel" RJ 2012
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Translation: Our plan's designed to make it unaffordable to get medical care, because that will reduce "overutilization" ... or as the rest of us like to think of it, "medical care."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel" RJ 2012
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The Pentagon can save $15 billion per year by reinstituting a fairer cost-sharing balance between military retirees and taxpayers, and reducing overutilization and double-coverage.
Lawrence Korb: Open Letter to the Super Committee Lawrence Korb 2011
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For similar reasons, single payer systems are better at avoiding overutilization.
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Therefore, increasing premiums for wealthier seniors is more likely to restrain overutilization than hiking their ... common sense Medicare reforms, like income-adjusted premiums ...will help ensure patients are seeking appropriate care.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel" RJ 2012
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But there are plenty of services that are not catastrophic in nature, and we should not finance them as they contribute to moral hazard, overutilization, and drive up healthcare costs.
Wonk Room » What Does The Hospital Deal Mean For Health Care Reform? 2009
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Coburn and Burr write that beneficiary premiums, rather than payroll taxes, are more likely to have an impact on helping curb overutilization.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Burr/Coburn Medicare Plan: 10 Deceptions - And A Free-Market "Death Panel" RJ 2012
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