For example, reform's efforts to contain costs for Medicare, the government programme for the old, would be dwarfed by the expansion of Medicaid, the government programme for the poor.The actuaries' newest study estimates that health spending grew little last year, mostly because of the weak economy.
For example, "Reform is not fully funded for municipalities".
For example, reforms to the kafala system allowed other migrant workers to transfer to a different employer in the event of a breach of contractual obligations.
The report also calls for tightening up the tax code, by, for example, reforming the "step up in basis" provision that enables wealthy families to reduce — often by large amounts — the estate taxes they pay.
As it happens, Mr Cameron believes passionately that his administration is taking some very important long-term decisions – for example, reforming welfare and creating the right conditions for growth by streamlining the planning system and boosting infrastructure spending.
For example, reforms of general elections would leave untouched the distortions generated by party primaries in which small numbers of voters can shape the choices for the entire electorate.
To do all this, however, Brazil must lead by example—reforming its economy and helping its legions of poor people by winning the political argument and playing by the rules, not resorting to bribery and the quick fix.Lula is not just a charismatic politician but also, it seems, a lucky one.
And there are other changes sought by the Movement for Democratic Change that ZANU-PF has made clear it will resist — for example, reforms to ensure that the state stops using its control of its television monopoly and many other media properties in a highly partisan way.
For example, reforms that have increased the ability of employers to adjust working hours have been coded in the compendium as deregulatory interventions although in some circumstances, these were (either directly or indirectly) aimed at avoiding layoffs.
Before this country even thinks of expanding drilling in the remote and fragile Arctic Ocean, for example, reforms must ensure that oil companies can respond to significant spills in ice, hurricane-force winds, stormy seas and long periods of fog and darkness.
In Latin America, for example, reforms were perceived as aiming to undermine the fundamental values that had inspired the design of the system, and sparked off a wave of resistance and strikes in El Salvador and Mexico.
