Even where there is a choice, the cost of switching banks can be very high.
If there is some loss of consumer choice, the cost may be outweighed by efficiencies from bundling.
The implication is that patients and doctors constantly face the choice between high-cost, state-of-the-art care and moderate-cost, conventional care.
Those firms that already offer health coverage to their workers will face the choice of eating the cost of higher premiums, or dropping coverage for their employees and paying the fine.
This Hobson's choice is imposing a high cost on both individuals and society.
One quirk: You can change your cost-basis choice for mutual funds online or in writing, but not over the phone.
So if you plan to keep the car for more than five years or drive more than 15, 000 miles annually, this could tip the scales to make it a cost-effective choice.
So given the choice (and assuming they cost the same), it's either the M1 with its dual-SIM capability but qHD display, or the Q1 with the 720p display but with just one SIM slot.
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He declined to discuss specifics about the role that cost played in the choice of an architect.
More spectrum concentration could mean even less customer choice and an increase in the cost of data plans.
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"The choice of car is a major cost-driver in terms of what you're going to pay" for insurance, says Jeanne Salvatore, a spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute.
To get cost saving with greater choice and high quality care, Gingrich relies upon the market which puts the patient at the center of the system where choice can be made by knowing the actual price and quality like everywhere else in the free market.
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Mr Bush's health-care experts reckon that this integrated approach to Medicare insurance will offer more choice to patients, as well as cost savings through competition.
"People living in private rented homes should be treated fairly and honestly, but we want to avoid excessive red tape that would push up the cost of rents and reduce choice for tenants, " a spokesman from the Department for Communities and Local Government said.
Beverage makers, restaurateurs, minority advocates and other critics told a judge the upcoming 16-ounce limit was a finger-wagging incursion on consumer choice, rife with inconsistencies that would cost a hot dog vendor business while still allowing New Yorkers to buy belly-buster sodas at the chain convenience store next to him.
The rewards are great but few can come close to fathoming the emotional and relationship cost that comes with the career choice.
But both are growing increasingly unpopular in their home countries -- precisely because they've become a triumph of cost-containment over patient access and choice.
That cost him votes, and his Civic Choice movement is expected to garner around 10% of the vote in both the Senate and the lower house.
Both Suncor and Cenovus have excellent potential going forward but on the basis of the higher dividend and the lower cost structure, Cenovus would be my choice if you only want to own one.
To be worth it, their choice has to provide returns in excess of the cost of borrowing, if they are leveraged, and two thick layers of fees (their own, and those of the funds they choose).
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But how can we exercise frugality if we have to make the choice to buy medical services before we know what they cost?
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It is so well hidden as to eliminate any risk of push-back from those affected, it is an incremental cost incurred by those who have no other choice because they are part of a captive audience.
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We tell you how to be a cut-rate Ted Turner by buying into a shared ranch ( Living Large on Less), how to trade off the cost of a house against the cost of private-school tuition ( Public Choice) and how to get more from your greens fees ( Golf A La Carte).
To test another variable the only choice was to rerun the entire pilot and therefore double the cost.
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Choice and competition helped bring it down at 40% below cost projections.
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The vote count shows that Mr. Obama will still probably have his choice of defense secretary, but it will not come without cost to the reputation of this administration.
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"These new features bring instant, additional value to Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 customers at no extra cost and position Slingbox firmly as a device of choice in the living room, " said Sling Media's Senior Vice President and General Manager Raghu Tarra.
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With the cost of living it is no longer a question of choice for women, but a necessity for families.
But in Medicaid the government is making the choice and paying the bills, so it is more focused on cost than quality.
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