So it is very important, I think, for us to take steps both legislatively but also in the private sector to improve prevention, improve wellness, bend the cost curve.

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This work -- building human capacity in countries in turmoil and expanding systems for information sharing -- is the single most cost-effective approach to atrocity prevention when the true objective is sustainable peace.

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You claim that as a percent that private insurers administrative costs are higher due mainly to the cost of fraud prevention.

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Now the government must face the cost of developing a balanced programme of prevention, education and treatment.

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Boosting adherence, bending the cost curve and shifting from treatment to prevention will require dramatic shifts in patient behavior.

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When comprehensive lifestyle changes are offered as treatment (not just as prevention), significant cost savings occur in the first year because the biological mechanisms that control our health and well-being are so dynamic.

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Prevention aside, Hevesi's suit cost New York's pension fund by deflating the value of its investments in the banks it sued.

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