(v. i.) One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) And the AMA’s president, Brian Owler, said the performance of hospitals would only get worse after the federal government “retreated from its responsibilities” on hospital funding, cutting $1.8bn in immediate funding over the next four years in the 2014 budget and reneging on a deal to help meet increased hospital costs in the long term, saving $57bn over the next 10 years.
(2) The group’s president, Brian Owler, reaffirmed concerns that disadvantaged groups would be deterred from accessing preventative health care, and called on the government to scrap the co-payment model and seek expert advice.
(3) It’s about removing services for patients,” Owler said.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Prof Brian Owler says poor health policy has plagued the Coalition since the 2014 budget.
(5) The only way to defeat the GP tax is to defeat the Abbott government.” The national president of the Doctors Reform Society, Dr Con Costa, told the ABC: “It is definitely a significant victory, but by no means the end of the battle to maintain Medicare.” The AMA president, Brian Owler, said local GPs and patients had “inundated” MPs with complaints about the initial changes to short consultation rebates, and he believed the level of concern had taken the government by surprise.
(6) Owler said the AMA also did not support allowing state and territory governments to charge co-payments for emergency department visits.
(7) I think the message that was clear today was a commitment on behalf of the prime minister and the minister to look at alternative models, something that we haven't heard before, or since the budget was announced, and I think that's a very positive move,” Owler said at a press conference after the meeting.
(8) Asked to confirm the government had indicated it was willing to adjust the GP co-payment, Owler said: “The prime minister and the minister made it fairly clear in the meeting that they were willing to look at alternative models and consider those on their merits.
(9) Patients’ out-of-pocket expenses could rise as a result of recommendations that 23 medical procedures should no longer be funded by Medicare, the president of the Australian Medical Association, Brian Owler, has warned.
(10) These programs are often built up by people who often put in extraordinary amounts of work and have an enormous amount of experience,” the head of the Australian medical association, Brian Owler, said.
(11) Read more Owler said the health minister was “pre-empting” the outcome of the review by highlighting procedures she thought were unnecessary, effectively “politicising” the process.
(12) Dr Young has first-hand experience and is obviously very experienced working with asylum seekers, and like him, our concerns are also about people in detention, particularly long-term detention, and especially the impact on children.” Prof Brian Owler, president of the Australian Medical Association, said he had “respect for what Dr Young is doing by speaking out,” adding he had “no reason to doubt what he’s saying”.
(13) The first task is to lift the freeze on Medicare patient rebates.” Other priorities outlined by Owler include: a genuine, transparent consultative approach to the Medicare benefits schedule reviews; the restoration of public hospital funding; a review of the private health insurance system; significant new investment in general practice; coordinated medical workforce planning.
(14) The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, said: “Treasurer, if you are a pensioner worried about having your pension cut, if you are a mum worrying about how you’ll be able to afford to take your kids to the doctor and pay the GP tax, if you’re working-class parents – perhaps you work at Alcoa and you’ve just lost your job and you’re worrying about how on earth you’re going to pay for your kids to go to university – the one thing you don’t need is an arrogant, out-of-touch treasurer telling people just to take a chill pill.” Dutton met with the AMA president, Brian Owler, in Brisbane on Thursday night to discuss the government policy of introducing a $7 contribution for standard GP consultations and out-of-hospital pathology and diagnostic imaging services from July next year.
(15) As we’ve been saying, this is an enormous humanitarian crisis that’s facing the people of west Africa and apart from the humanitarian crisis, there are economic and security issues and there are other implications for Australia,” Owler said.
(16) Owler said the review announced on Sunday aimed to take a scalpel to services provided under Medicare.
(17) Sussan Ley denies Medicare consultation will be over in two weeks Read more The AMA had signed up for review of the remuneration paid to doctors for MBS services, Owler said.
(18) The AMA president, Brian Owler, said Abbott and Dutton had indicated they were “willing to look at alternative models and consider those on their merits” – which potentially represented a significant shift on a budget measure that was likely to face Senate defeat.
(19) Both Dutton and Owler described the meeting as productive, although more talks were needed.
(20) Owler, a neurosurgeon at Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney, said the co-payment would not be a problem for many people.
Owner
Definition:
(n.) One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.
Example Sentences:
(1) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(2) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
(3) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
(4) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(5) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
(6) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
(7) Of course it is important to ensure shareholders enjoy the benefits of investing in the company, they are the owners.
(8) They also claim their electricity and water were cut off, despite frequent official complaints to police, who Lessena said served as middlemen between the owners and the tenants.
(9) It was only up to jurors to decide if the hotel owner, West End Hotel Partners, and former operator, Windsor Capital Group, should share in the blame.
(10) I believe that the Lebedevs will be progressive and supportive owners of the Independent titles which have played such an important role in British public life for nearly 25 years.
(11) The department has redacted the IP addresses and details of network owners who downloaded the file.
(12) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
(13) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
(14) Tata Steel, the owner of Britain’s largest steel works in Port Talbot, is in talks with the government about a similar restructuring for the British Steel pension scheme , which has liabilities of £15bn.
(15) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(16) On Wednesday night the owner of the restaurant that held the fundraiser said the offending menu had not been displayed publicly.
(17) Source: Mediacells (Or view the map at OpenHeatMap ) At the other end of the scale, a number of countries will see proportionately few new buyers - suggesting that the remaining featurephone owners are declining to upgrade to more powerful phones.
(18) If you and your mother are joint tenants, when she dies you will become the sole owner of the whole property even if her will says that she is leaving her share to someone else.
(19) Start over!’” said the home’s owner, identified only as Rochelle.
(20) Jana Sante, owner of Gisella Boutique, Peckham: "We received a call from someone saying 'the riots are heading your way'.