At the same time (as already evident under Medicare) the treatment of infrequent but costly catastrophic diseases and conditions will be limited in the name of cost control, and the case-by-case discretion of doctors and other providers will be closely monitored and restricted.
WSJ: Christopher DeMuth: A Referendum on ObamaCare and Liberty
The biggest cost councils can control is the cost of labour.
But surely going only for coverage now just delays the task of cost control until later?
Basically, Obama is saying that if Republicans want to cut costs, they should consider the kinds of cost control measures that will make Medicare more, not less, powerful.
Unfortunately, while it was a noble effort, and the plan did effectively wipe out the uninsured population, it did nothing to control the cost of health care.
FORBES: Chris Christie's "Intellectually Dishonest" Attack on Romneycare's Critics
The French company provides the same services for a fee and claimed the Google strategy was aimed at undercutting competitors by temporarily swallowing the full cost until it gains control of the market.
Fortunately, I can control the peak with my routers, allowing me some control (at the cost of alienating my users who will see worse performance individually).
The only of the four biggest banks with true cost-control credibility is Wells Fargo, home to a long line of maniacal bean counters.
FORBES: How Long Will Buffett Be Under Water With U.S. Bancorp?
The new law and the threat of litigation it brings probably have something to do with the out-of-control cost of directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Environment minister Lord Taylor said the government and households could not control the rising cost of energy but could play a part in ensuring that it was used more efficiently.
But it is expensive, and it takes only hesitant steps in the crucial direction of cost control.
So the cost control aspects of it, the coverage aspects of it, and the insurance reform aspects of it all fit together.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Town Hall in New Hampshire
If investors started to suspect the country's spending is truly out of control, the cost of borrowing would skyrocket, the dollar would deteriorate and the good times might not come back.
"The foot-and-mouth-disease virus epidemic in the UK in 2001 was disastrous and cost the economy billions of pounds in control measures and compensation, " explained Dr Bryan Charleston, Head of Livestock Viral Diseases Programme at the Pirbright Institute.
"Clubs are now in a reporting period that will count towards the first assessment of UEFA's financial fair play break-even requirement for international competition and Premier League clubs are also considering the implementation of additional cost control regulation at a domestic level, " added Jones.
CNN: Big spending masks age of austerity for top soccer clubs
That might deflect some complaints about the humanitarian cost of the embargo without weakening the arms-control regime.
These organizations have a true financial incentive to reduce the cost of care, and their direct control of physicians allows them to orchestrate more cost-effective interventions.
He said that fuel inflation and other factors outside of the department's control were responsible for three-quarters of the cost increase over the past year.
BBC: Watchdog warns of defence project delays and overspending
The British Gas boss claimed that 85% of the price it charges customers is outside its control, including wholesale gas prices and the cost of government policies to try to reduce emissions and help the poorest households.
Space engineers are keen on extending the internet to space to control spacecraft because of the considerable cost and time savings that can be made.
And we can control the cost of health care in our state.
FORBES: How Red States Wrestle with Obamacare: The Forbes Interview with Texas' Rick Perry
Though health insurance companies worry about their ability to control the cost of new customers, they are expected to aggressively push outpatient care and low-cost prescription drugs as a way to keep premiums low.
The addition of autonomous control need not add much to the cost.
That cost the guerrillas their lucrative control of the region's rich banana plantations.
Under the new health care law, many insurers were, as of August 2012, required to cover the cost of most FDA-approved birth control prescribed by a doctor (but not abortifacient drugs).
The NAO report earlier this month found that hazardous waste was being stored in "run-down" buildings, and that the cost of decommissioning was spiralling out of control and was behind schedule.
Among other cities that have recently experimented with new parking technologies, some, including San Francisco, have introduced dynamic pricing systems that raise and lower the cost of a space in order to control the supply of available on-street spaces.
WSJ: Privatizing New York City Parking Meters: DeBlasio Critical of Plan
"The OFT found what insurers have known for years - that when a customer has a crash that is their fault, their insurer has little control over the cost of the subsequent claim, " said Nick Starling, the ABI's director of general insurance.
BBC: Car insurance market referred to Competition Commission
The proliferation of low-cost smartphones is helping China Unicom control subsidies and improve profitability as it taps the growing demand for 3G data services.
FORBES: China Unicom Dials Up $18 With Budget Smartphones Growth
The critical question is how soon that sort of quality and cost control will be available to patients everywhere across the country.
应用推荐