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 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.
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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.
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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.
The biggest cost councils can control is the cost of labour.
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.
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.
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Committee chairman Margaret Hodge said inefficient funding systems and poor cost control had driven up the cost of the programme.
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).
And we can control the cost of health care in our state.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
The addition of autonomous control need not add much to the cost.
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.
Deferral of internal control audits has become the norm, although the cost savings of doing so are perhaps not as great as envisioned.
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So the cost control aspects of it, the coverage aspects of it, and the insurance reform aspects of it all fit together.
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If Ryanair gains control of Aer Lingus, it would mark the first time one of Europe's "legacy" -- or formerly state-owned -- carriers falls under the control of a low-cost pioneer.
The whole imbroglio is small potatoes for the Fertitta brothers, Frank and Lorenzo, who pulled their Station Casinos through bankruptcy and now control a large part of the lower-cost local gambling market in Las Vegas.
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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.
The critical question is how soon that sort of quality and cost control will be available to patients everywhere across the country.
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 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.
That might deflect some complaints about the humanitarian cost of the embargo without weakening the arms-control regime.
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.
The AirPR platform provides control and trust in the PR process for a fraction of the time and cost.
They would love to control the actions of the rest of us vis a vis our health, and use cost as a barometer.
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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.
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