Sentence examples for Higher cost estimates from inspiring English sources

Higher cost estimates were found in another analysis using 1998 2004 data of the Integrated Health Care Information Services National Managed Care Database, which contained claims information from 30 managed care organizations.

In making those statements, administration officials relied on estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, without citing much higher cost estimates by the Medicare actuary.

Mr. Moffit said the higher cost estimates could have affected the outcome of the debate or the contents of the legislation.

He said he began pressing ahead full steam on May 29 , 1981 the day that the supply system released vastly higher cost estimates for its plants.

The ratings were lowered after the supply system, which came to be called Whoops for its troubles and its initials, W.P.P.S.S., announced dramatically higher cost estimates to build the nuclear power plants.

The disproportionally low fruit set figure for pears (from Table S4) resulted in higher cost estimates for hand pollination methods one and two than method three (where labour costs per hectare were assumed to be similar for all crops; Table S6).

It would have been an unmitigated disaster, with an even higher cost estimate".

At a press briefing on Jan . 30 the White House press secretary, Scott McClellan, said Mr. Bush had been informed of the final higher cost estimate "just in the last two weeks".

Lawmakers of both parties said the law would not have passed in its current form if Congress had known of the higher cost estimate, prepared by the chief actuary, Richard S. Foster, a career civil servant.

(Scott used to tout a much higher cost estimate for Florida's share of the expenses but was forced to drop it after the numbers were revealed to be bogus).

The higher cost estimate is seen as due to higher transportation costs and staff salaries.