overburden

Example Sentences

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Healthcare is wildly inefficient with slow drug development, doctors overburdened with administrative tasks and a claims system that’s overly arduous and time-consuming, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal

The underlying rationale for corporate tax cuts has long been that American businesses were overburdened by taxes compared with their overseas colleagues.

From Los Angeles Times

However, opponents said the proposals risked overburdening already stretched services.

From BBC

California’s high concentration of rehab facilities and large population continue to make it a magnet for operators hoping to be overlooked by overburdened regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal

Drug companies launched these discount sites for uninsured patients years ago, hoping to foster the impression that they cared about patients overburdened by their list prices.

From Los Angeles Times