But it is the cost question that is causing the most concern among MPs at Westminster.
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"There's no question cost has impacted on our ability to invest in dependability, " he said.
Those who question cost-benefit analysis doubt that a price tag can ever be put on life.
Reply: The cost of living question relates to how the government measures inflation.
Austin Frakt of The Incidental Economist has a series of posts up exploring the cost-shifting question: whether or not the fact that Medicare and Medicaid underpay doctors and hospitals leads providers to overcharge those with private insurance.
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"It is not a question of the cost of the reform, it's a question of the reform leading to a fundamentally fairer society where people are taken off a lifetime of benefits, " he said.
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How much the restoration of the new South Ferry station will cost remains an open question.
This article gives brand owners more reasons to question the cost-benefit of litigation over keyword advertising.
After the initial announcements of the Disney Park, the government is expected to hold a press conference where it may address the possibly controversial question of cost-sharing.
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Indeed, by adding tens of millions of people to an unreformed and unsustainably expensive health system, this reform makes it all the more urgent to tackle the question of cost.
Rep. John Barrow of Georgia, a leader of the fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats, initiated the letter because "the question of cost isn't one that should be swept under the rug, " said Barrow's spokesperson, Jane Brodsky.
But even if the leaders have silenced questions about debt restructuring in other countries (and that is a big if), they may have done so only at the cost of keeping the question wide open for Greece.
Prof Weber acknowledged that cost was a "massive question" that would represent "a real problem" in poorer parts of the world.
Commentators are right to question both the cost of fetishizing social media and also our inability to effectively unpack any complex issue in a single pass.
And then there's the question of overall cost.
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If the Committee cannot find an answer to the question of the cost of execution, it will never be able to grasp the extent to which funds pay excessive commissions and fund boards fail to monitor trading costs.
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But the legal costs and fees to sponsor skilled foreign nationals for temporary visas (thousands of dollars) and for permanent residence (typically tens of thousands of dollars) call into question any supposed cost advantage in hiring foreign nationals.
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"Those samples are going to cost the industry millions I'd suggest over the course of the next year and that asks the question where the responsibility for that cost lies, " he said.
Another question is whether the cost of the signal (the cost of the car) is worth its signaling value.
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The question is whether that cost will also limit its use once Dendreon can manufacture all the Provenge it can sell.
Without question, dollar-cost averaging is a powerful investing technique for accumulation planning.
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But the question is at what cost?
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And we'd certainly want an answer to the question: Must the test cost so much?
As usual, the main bone of contention has been the question of who bears the cost.
"Dividend" money is what's left for the team's university (for academic purposes, including scholarship payments for players) and athletic department (to support non-revenue sports) after the cost of running the basketball operation in question.
But what did this mean for the overall cost of capital, which is the real question?
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