The expense is often justified, and the Obama administration seems ready to eliminate policies that may be driving up costs unnecessarily.
We must eliminate policies and programs that result in the surveillance of mosques, Muslim schools and restaurants and put in place more robust policies that track, monitor and effectively address civil rights violations, discrimination and hate violence targeting our communities.
She added that the company's intention was to eliminate policies that "may be perceived as obstacles or may create hassles" with providers of health care "and do not add to Aetna's ability to monitor quality of care and control costs".
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Moscow is ready to discuss measures with the EU that will "eliminate policies" that are creating "dividing lines" in the Ukraine.
This is exactly why utilities want to eliminate policies that encourage homeowners and businesses to go solar. .
Chen: For example, they could eliminate policies that restrict the formation of other political parties and press freedoms, and truly protect freedom of speech.
The new requirements on insurers ― to ignore pre-existing conditions, and to sell policies with a full spread of "essential benefits" like mental health and maternity care ― caused insurers to raise underlying premiums, or in some cases eliminate policies altogether.
Policy makers can increase the likelihood of improvements in low-income areas by eliminating policy barriers to serving the poor, and designing financial incentives in the concession contract that are consistent with service expansion objectives.
At the urging of the Medicare agency, many private insurers are consolidating offerings and eliminating policies.
A pro-active agenda for policy coherence would involve not just eliminating policies that distort trade, but also enacting positive measures to increase food availability, for example by raising agricultural productivity, using resources sustainably, and eliminating waste and over-consumption.
Eliminating policies that create modern-day debtors' prisons would be an important step to help the poorest residents improve their lives, rather than perpetuating a vicious and unfair cycle that criminalizes poverty and exacerbates inequality.
