Word: cost-benefit
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...distant future, a prospective employer shook your hand, walked into a lab and used the traces of you skin to evaluate your life span and your overall cost to the company's health insurance coffers? And let's say you were predisposed to developing breast cancer - how could you be sure your employers weren't denying you a job because you came up a loser on their genetic cost-benefit scale...
...like most things, it was a decision driven by economics: In a tight labor market the companies felt they could no longer afford to exclude a significant part of the labor force. And despite the thoroughly modern nature of the proposal, its fate came down to an old-fashioned cost-benefit analysis: Industry insiders reportedly weighed the damage potential of the proposal, and decided the pros outweighed any cons they might encounter. They may have been thinking back to the Southern Baptists' noisy but ultimately ineffectual boycott of Disney after that company announced similar domestic partner benefits. Disney, after...
...Cost-Benefit Analysis...
...before leveling any charges, says TIME medical writer Christine Gorman. "All prescription drugs have risks and benefits, and Rezulin was no different," she says. "Patients with liver problems had to be watched very carefully while taking this drug, but it helped a lot of people with diabetes." And that cost-benefit ratio played into the FDA's timing; the agency did not pull Rezulin until other, less toxic drugs became available...
...John McCain, who calls events such as this weekend's Iowa straw poll a sham, the whole thing doesn't matter. If you care a little or more, the big news is who finished third. From a strict cost-benefit standpoint, the best showing may have been that of Elizabeth Dole, who spent less than either top dog George W. Bush or runner-up Steve Forbes and captured a strong 3,410 votes (14.4 percent). While that respectable finish still didn't present a serious threat to George W., it did position her as a strong contender for the veep...