I have colleagues who tell me that Mr. Obama's rejection of health insurance mandates — which are an essential element of any workable plan for universal coverage — doesn't really matter, because by the time health care reform gets through Congress it will be very different from the president's initial proposal anyway.
Indeed, the authors of this meta-analysis concluded that narrow approaches (e.g., dissemination; top-down mandates), which were nearly 60% of efforts reviewed, were "clearly not effective" (Henderson et al. 2011).
A 2014 report, prepared for Congress by the Congressional Research Service, says the 2008 reform mandates, which were required because of the 2004 OIG evaluation, are not complete.
The increased savings bring retail agencies served by the district — including the local La Cañada Irrigation District, Valley Water Co. and the Crescenta Valley and Mesa Crest water districts — even closer to meeting state reduction mandates, which were officially lowered in February to ensure conservation rates continue.
There was a draft mandate which is not operative.
"I have a mandate which is serious and I do take it seriously.
Insurance companies oppose a delay of the individual mandate, which is, in essence, a requirement that people buy their products.
The trouble with his solution is that the ECB's mandate, which is narrowly focused on price stability, was set out in the Maastricht treaty.
India's stubborn home minister, P. Chidambaram, is now blocking a cabinet decision to extend the UID's mandate, which is needed for the roll-out to continue.
The rest of the Champagne producers are deciding whether to embrace the C.I.V.C.'s mandate, which is voluntary but carries special force in this clannish community.
