Blinder would throw such lavish support behind the price controls of ObamaCare under the euphemism of "cost-containment measures.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Prof. Blinder Is Wrong About the Ryan Budget Plan] Reference

I think the decision really was a cost-containment effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buzzine » Interview: Stephen McPherson] Reference

Means testing is another difficult cost-containment option.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Graham: The Health Care We Deserve] Reference

Bless their cost-containment little hearts but it won't work.    From Wordnik.com.  ["If the graph showed that rising expenditures on computer technology had eaten up all the increase in Americans' paychecks..."] Reference

It actually makes sense from a cost-containment point ofview.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » What is happening to the pay of law partners?] Reference

Gross margin jumped to 6.1% from 3.9% on cost-containment efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smithfield's Loss Narrows, Seeks Rest of Butterball] Reference

Some states are already exploring other cost-containment approaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Npr Accompanying Report On The Department Of Agriculture] Reference

It turns out that this is considered purely a cost-containment measure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference

The California bill's critics said its cost-containment mechanisms were weak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Costs Hinder Overhaul] Reference

Operating margin excluding charges rose to 26.4% from 24.7% on cost-containment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allergan's Profit Soars On Fewer Charges, Higher Botox Sales] Reference

Attenuating this rate of increase can only be achieved through cost-containment.    From Wordnik.com.  [David J. Skorton: We Can Do Better on College Costs] Reference

Besides cost-containment, we need better efficiencies in the procurement process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gates: Pentagon must cut overhead, restrain spending] Reference

Companies are being forced to enact more cost-containment measures to protect profits.    From Wordnik.com.  [12/08/2004] Reference

The present path leads inexorably to cost-containment via further reductions in coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Kuttner: Fiscal Follies] Reference

Much worse, though, his plan's cost-containment strategy for his climate policy is a fraud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph Romm: McCain Climate Plan a Fraud, Relies on Unlimited Hot Air] Reference

Protect American consumers and the U.S. economy through effective cost-containment measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonk Room » ‘Clean Coal’ Front Group Opposes Global Warming Bill with Billions for Clean Coal] Reference

USDA officials say the regulation was part of a cost-containment effort approved by Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Norman: Feds and Wal-Mart Team Up To Kill Small Grocers] Reference

R90-million had hospital management not introduced cost-containment measures at an early stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

To keep the cost of all that down to some reasonable level you'd need cost-containment measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Kleiman: One-Sentence Health Insurance Reform] Reference

The cost-containment strategies are intended to help jewelers take advantage of improving sentiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold] Reference

I'm thrilled about taxing those plans, which I'm not, but it is the No. 1 cost-containment measure in the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [ConservaDem Senators Vow to Kill The Bill If It Is Improved.] Reference

Enhancing and extending cost-containment efforts can lower WIC costs and serve more participants with limited funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Npr Accompanying Report On The Department Of Agriculture] Reference

Most of them will not have a public option choice, and even those that do will find it lacks cost-containment "teeth.".    From Wordnik.com.  [RJ Eskow: No, Rachel, No! This "Health Reform" Could Lose the Middle Class for Dems] Reference

Some may be opposed because they really wanted cost-containment, but got expanded access to insurance and care instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen M. Davidson: Why the Imperfect Health Care Reform Law Deserves Support -- 1] Reference

During the 1980s, some states distributing food through retail stores implemented infant formula cost-containment efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Npr Accompanying Report On The Department Of Agriculture] Reference

Infant and adult cereals offer the next logical items from the WIC package to consider for rebate cost-containment targeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Npr Accompanying Report On The Department Of Agriculture] Reference

No public option, no medicare expansion, no provisions for abortion, no meaningful cost-containment measures, no competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andy Ostroy: Why is My Party So Spineless?] Reference

There are some political pitfalls here — which I will re-visit – but from a cost-containment perspective, it makes sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonk Room] Reference

Insisting upon mandates before cost-containment and affordability are ensured only ensures the profits of insurance companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Krugman Hits Obama Again, This Time For "Harry And Louise" Health Care Mailer] Reference

Not everyone was thrilled with the proposal-especially the hospitals, which bear much of the brunt of cost-containment measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Start The Revolution With Me] Reference

As the Alliance for Retired Americans points out, Medicare will benefit from cost-containment across the entire health care system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gerald McEntee: Countering the Lies about Health Care Reform] Reference

These are big ifs, for sure, but the other alternative on the table for cost-containment is simply the status quo -- a proven failure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Bivens: Health Care Reform and the Deficit] Reference

Fossil Inc. 's first-quarter profit fell 43%, but earnings topped expectations on strong results from stores and cost-containment efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fossil Net Falls 43% Amid Strong Retail, Raises View] Reference

The potential for lawsuits has shaken up the health-care cost-containment community, says Trish Riley, head of the National Academy for State Health Policy in Portland, Maine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woe The Reformers] Reference