And it could serve as a yardstick for comparing the performance of private plans and for testing innovative coverage schemes.
As far as Red River Rivalry games go, this one could serve as a yardstick for the disparity in the programs right now.
Public plants, Roosevelt said, could bring power to those who needed it and serve as a yardstick for measuring and keeping in check the prices charged by private power companies.
But even with tighter regulation, Congress should include a public plan option to give consumers broader choice, provide a refuge for people who don't trust private insurers to have their best interest at heart and serve as a yardstick for judging the performance of private plans.
The development process proposed in the chapter starts from a model of the security requirements that serves as a yardstick for analyzing top-level specification of the system to be built.
The new, better estimate of distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, in conjunction with observations of other stars in the cluster, will serve as a yardstick to better approximate a parameter called the Hubble constant, which helps cosmologists estimate how quickly the universe is expanding.
I could control my body, and my appearance could serve as a yardstick for success.
Measurement of prothrombin time serves as a yardstick to assess the interdiction of the extrinsic pathway.
The significance of the interaction test for the treatment effect in the test-positive and test-negative stratum may serve as a yardstick for the usefulness of the companion biomarker.
And even though CRM relies on intrinsic motivation to be effective, the department leadership needs to clarify to all staff beforehand that CRM is not a noncommittal system but will serve as a yardstick for professional evaluation too.
