The direct-pay model does force patients to shoulder more of the upfront cost of their care.
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The catch, as with most pre-paid services, is the full priced upfront cost of the phone.
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One of the first things I brought up was a reminder of the upfront cost issue.
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One of our biggest problems at the time was a prohibitively high upfront cost.
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There is now an incredible abundance of resources available on demand, for little upfront cost, to businesses.
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The main problem I see for normal people is the upfront cost and the selection of movies.
Transactions costs : The down payment is the primary upfront cost one associates with buying a home.
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Because they finance the upfront cost of the solar system, they have an constant need for capital to reach scale.
And with those who find that upfront cost cut by carrier subsidy which is recouped through the lifetime of the contract.
Much of the appeal for a property owner of PACE financing is avoidance of the upfront cost to install money-saving upgrades.
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Fundamentally, the new T-Mobile and its leading competitors are still looking for ways to defray the huge upfront cost of top-tier smartphones.
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The programs, which will enable property owners to avoid the upfront cost of energy improvements, are scheduled to launch in March 2013.
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The barrier to the widespread use of efficient LEDs for lighting has been the high upfront cost of LED fixtures and bulbs.
Mr. Smith, the Virginia attorney, represented Mr. Jaramillo at no upfront cost.
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The contractor presents an estimate of the upfront cost of the improvements.
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Under the program, Chevron Energy Solutions will upgrade street lights with LED lighting technology from Bridgelux at no upfront cost to the cities.
The upfront cost of a PV system is high, but numerous financial incentive programs are in place to help make the technology more affordable.
Instead of paying the upfront cost of the solar equipment and installation, homeowner who sign solar leases will put up little or no money upfront.
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The upfront cost is higher than a (noisier) diesel generator, but he estimates the initial cost would be paid back in less than a year.
Both allow homeowners to avoid the typical five-figure upfront cost of a solar system by paying a monthly fee that often is lower than their electricity costs.
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Taking a very " un-carrier" approach, Cricket and MetroPCS recently introduced financing programs that allow prepaid customers to purchase high-end smartphones with a reduced upfront cost.
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But most people look for a handset subsidy: a lower upfront cost for getting the phone in return for paying some set fee per month over the life of the contract.
At a late stage Mr Geithner rejected the idea of a government-run bad bank (as well as blanket guarantees for noxious assets), put off by the high upfront cost and the problems it would have valuing the debt.
From complex accounting systems to the stuff that tracks employee performance, compensation and inventories, he'll bring it all together and run it for customers in his data centers, saving them the headache and upfront cost of buying hardware from Ellison's shop, HP, Dell or IBM.
In either case, the upfront cost to Internet providers would be much lower than if they had to pull the fiber themselves, and if the fiber were made available to more than one private company, the competition for service would force pricing for the service to be competitive.
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Bigger wafers mean more chips per wafer, and since a fair portion of the cost of a chip is in the process itself (the upfront development cost is another major piece), rather than the wafers, bigger wafers mean cheaper chips.
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But one common roadblock to going solar is the sizable upfront installation cost.
Thanks to some clever innovation by a variety of financial players, a growing number of companies are getting solar electricity without paying the big upfront installation cost.
Babar believes the upfront solar cost can be reduced to where it's feasible for the farmers and that therefore the aggregate power capacity to the region can be boosted.
If you choose to roll the stock over into a taxable account, however, you will only pay upfront taxes on the cost basis, the amount that you paid for the stock over the years.
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