They have the potential for modest cost savings, but they are not likely to transform the uniformed military.
For them, Medicare itself is immoral on a grand scale, a fundamental moral issue far more important than any minor proposal for "modest cost savings".
Republicans who hate Medicare, tried to slash Medicare in the past, and still aim to dismantle the program over time, have been scoring political points by denouncing proposals for modest cost savings -- savings that are substantially smaller than the spending cuts buried in their own proposals.
All told, in our view this updated evidence is broadly consistent with the conclusions that Holzer's (2008) review of the earlier evidence reached – that living wages have modest benefits for some workers and modest costs for others, and may also result in modest reductions in poverty.
"Living wage laws have both modest benefits and modest costs for low-wage workers.
To conclude, we observed high costs associated with overweight and obesity and modest costs for obesity prevention programs; however, no cost-effectiveness study of obesity interventions has been performed in Canada.
We observed high costs associated with overweight and obesity and modest costs for obesity prevention programs; however, no cost-effectiveness study of obesity interventions has been performed in Canada.
Therefore, although each influenza vaccine dose can be administered for a modest cost, influenza vaccination programs can represent an important annual expenditure for middle-income countries in the Americas.
We believe that the CIRCE source can be constructed for a modest cost.
Rees, who also helped write the script, has with her cast produced a beautiful, grand-scale epic for a modest cost.
