Last year, attempts to shift the cost back to the Treasury were stymied by a presidential veto threat.
Most of the operators have at least a dozen different software platforms in the market, which slows down the application environment shift through cost and complexity.
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The call to shift the cost of healthcare to the people that need it, and cannot afford it, while protecting industry profits, in the name of balancing the budget will devastate the health of this country as a whole.
And like other surveys, the Towers Watson report shows employers are continuing to shift the cost of the total premium onto their workers with the employee share of the costs rising to 37 percent this year from 34 percent in 2011.
The senator repeats a frequently made error that there is a huge cost shift from the uninsured to the insured.
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Exchanges like this one in Ohio highlight the importance of making sure that a Medicaid reform is not simply a cost shift down to the states.
But in 2003, in an effort to minimize the federal deficit, the Bush Administration persuaded Congress to shift the full cost of the pensions onto the already strapped USPS and ultimately onto postal patrons.
We expect DVDs mailed per subscriber to decline to about 5 per month by the end of Trefis forecast period as a result of (i) the on-going shift to lower cost plans (ii) increasing usage of streamed TV shows and films as a substitute for mailed DVDs.
But the plan will also shift much of the cost of Medicaid from the federal budget to state budgets.
Moreover, as the yuan strengthens against the dollar, some Chinese and US multinationals manufacturing there could shift production to lower cost countries, meaning the overall trade deficit would not be changed, the US China Business Council said.
The analysis of physician pay by the Medical Group Management Association indicates a greater shift to lower-cost primary care as employers, insurance companies and government health programs try to provide financial incentives to health professionals who work in outpatient care settings.
Now that the government has agreed to guarantee this fund's borrowings, the cost will then shift to the taxpayer.
It would shift production from lower-cost to higher-cost regions.
Cambodia is a major producer of clothing and shoes for Western buyers, and has benefited in recent years as rising wages in China have pushed some companies to shift orders to lower-cost countries.
From a cost perspective, the shift to digital delivery of content could help Amazon avoid costly free shipping subsidies.
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Now its cost has begun to shift opinion against it among America's politicians.
In phones, the newly-consolidated Sony Mobile experienced an increase in sales thanks to the shift to smartphones, however the cost of its inclusion caused the division to lose money.
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In phones, the newly-consolidated Sony Mobile experienced an increase in sales thanks to the shift to smartphones, however the cost of its inclusion cause the division to lose money.
In practice, managers shift their focus from producing low-cost or high-differentiation offerings to satisfying customers.
The truth is that the shift to consumer-directed health care and greater cost-sharing involves a culture change that may take decades.
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But some other areas on our list are benefiting from a hitherto unnoted shift of high-end services to lower-cost and often lower-density regions.
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Moreover, given the shift to online sales can small business swallow the incremental cost of compliance?
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Analysts have said the shift to such hardware will help cut down on the cost to build the device.
So it is not surprising that if you shift dramatically, both in terms of risk and expected cost, obligations from the federal government onto individuals, you can reduce the projected cost.
It has been clear for some time that, if Brazil is to continue to grow at a decent clip, the policy emphasis needs to shift from twiddling the dials of demand to tackling the high cost of supply.
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Furthermore, the cost of care will only continue to rise as we shift into a consolidated healthcare system and programs like Medicare allow higher payments for services performed in hospitals as opposed to independent private practices.
While Dell maintains the CTO model for our enterprise and large customers, there are definitely efficiencies and cost-savings to be realized in our factories with the shift in the consumer market.
The second shift within the health-care industry has been to change patients' incentives with more cost-sharing and larger deductibles.
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That promise of better care at less cost explains why the 2010 Affordable Care Act included new incentives for such a shift to managed care.
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"There will also be a need for a shift in the approach in future years if the Council is going to have a sustainable cost base, " he added.
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