the scheme aims to protect households living below the poverty line from liabilities arising from hospitalization.
该方案的目的是要保护生活在贫穷线之下的家庭避免因住院造成负债。
nearly 10 million people fell below the poverty line at the start of the last decade.
2000年后的最初几年又有将近1000万郊区民众跌入贫困线以下。
who estimates that 100 million people are driven below the poverty line each year because of catastrophic medical bills.
据世卫组织估计,灾难性的医药费账单每年使1亿人落到贫穷线之下。
this is because in america, the definition of a food desert is any census area where at least 20% of inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33% live more than a mile from a supermarket.
这是因为在美国,任何普查区中,只要其20%以下的居民低于贫困线,33%的居民于距离超市一英里之外居住,那么该地区即被定义为食品沙漠。
the world bank forecasts that 200, 000 cambodians will fall below the poverty line this year.
世界银行预告柬埔寨今年将有200,000人处于贫困线以下。
meanwhile, 12.1 percent of asian americans fell below the poverty line in 2010, which was statistically unchanged from 2009.
同时,12.1%的亚裔美国人在2010年位于贫困线以下,在统计层面这与2009年的情况相同。