Word: amounts
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Because the legal minimum wage in many countries is significantly lower than the amount workers need to pay for the basic necessities, our codes must require that manufacturers pay their workers a living wage, to be determined by cost-of-living analyses. Perhaps even more importantly, universities must force the manufacturers to disclose the exact locations of their factories. The schools must have this information in order to deploy monitors to inspect the factories. Students, human-rights groups and the public must have access to this information to ensure the integrity and public accountability of the system by bringing sweatshop...
Seniors running for Class Marshal this year faced an unusually high amount of competition...
...million Amount the company hopes to raise for charity...
...Tomahawk cruise missiles one could buy for that amount...
Traditional managed-care companies don't agree that IPAs will provide better care. They note that IPAs like PrimaHealth contract to cover patients on a "capitated" basis. That means they are paid a set amount per patient per year, and keep any money that is not spent. This gives them an incentive to be careful about how much treatment they provide--much like traditional insurers, who point out that they too have doctors on staff to make medical decisions. In the end, they argue, a well-managed IPA will probably make roughly the same decisions as a traditional insurer. "Everyone...