Medicaid is converted into a block grant whose value grows at the rate of inflation starting in 2013, so its value will fall even further behind projected healthcare costs than Medicare vouchers (producing big savings for the federal government).
If the D Block is reallocated to public safety, the value of the 700-MHz spectrum for existing license holders will be maintained and the value of spectrum made available in future auctions will be higher, bringing in additional revenue for the government while providing additional spectrum that is much needed by the commercial network operators.
If your data is currency such as access control to various amounts of bitcoin on the block chain, then you have surrendered your financial transaction history and potentially the value itself.
He believes that with an activist investor holding a big block of stock, MeadWestvaco may be forced to make strategic moves to enhance the value of its stock.