cost containment

Cost containment won the day, but the battle clearly is far from over.

So we're in an environment that's very concerned with cost containment.

But it's not hard to see why cost containment was a political loser.

You expect more friction when you're trying to work for cost containment.

"There should be much greater emphasis on cost containment," he said.

No less important, cost containment is seen as the key to success in the war on the budget deficit.

He said, "Clearly, if we are serious about cost containment, private insurance companies must have competition from a public plan."

Cost containment or health care - which comes first?

Without effective cost containment, the national bill for dialysis would be far higher.

"My feeling is they're reaching a long way for cost containment.

"So they have had to do some kind of cost containment, and they're making it look like it's a tremendous benefit."

"The fact that I spent the last 20 years working with the major players on cost containment brings a lot of comfort to them."

"I would expect some announcement about cost containment or restructuring."

"Today, the trend in health care is for benefits reduction and cost containment."

Health care reform requires that government build the structure within which cost containment can work.

"We believe in cost containment, but this would hurt the most vulnerable population and the court agreed with us."

The industry association said it "acknowledges the need for health-care cost containment."

And the company may have "overemphasized cost containment," the report said.

Global budgeting is a way to achieve real cost containment.

Republicans maintain that without such cost containment, the insurance programs themselves will not survive.

"Some of the cost containment measures they generally apply may not be relevant now," he said.

Thus, the outlook for cost containment is not good.

The immediate emphasis will be on cost containment and cash conservation.

That is not to say issues like cost containment, evidence-based practice and patients' rights should be put aside.

We believe the most essential element of health-care reform is cost containment.