Sentence examples for slowed cost from inspiring English sources

Making patients sensitive to such matters has slowed cost increases for those in the program to 14% for self-funded companies in the program in 2006, an annual savings of $24 million.

As the profit engines have slowed, cost-cutting has become a central focus.

Although single payer enables universal care without additional cost, Dr. Relman notes that it will not slow cost increases.

Their voices will become only more strident if something is not done soon to slow cost growth.

Providing everyone with access to a primary care medical home has been demonstrated to slow cost increases while improving quality.

The Bush team argue that "fairer" tax treatment will slow cost rises and enable more people to get basic insurance.

The left argues that the solution is more government intervention; the right espouses deregulation and consumer choice to slow cost increases and so make insurance more affordable.

Medicare cuts in isolation would inevitably result in rationing of care for the elderly, unlike slowing cost growth systemwide, which would protect Medicare and make it more affordable both for the elderly and the government.

On the positive side, the bill includes nearly every big idea that health economists and medical researchers have for slowing cost growth — as well as for improving the patchwork quality of American health care.

The law is the best chance in years to provide health insurance to the rapidly rising numbers of uninsured and to begin trying to slow cost growth in medical care and insurance.

Imagine then that the law worked — not just that the software glitches were resolved, but also that the legislation achieved its promise of expanding coverage while slowing cost growth and increasing the efficiency of the health care sector.