The city would absorb the cost, $261 million a year.

When the patient cannot pay the bill, the hospital must absorb the cost.

Nor is it clear how we will absorb the cost.

"People are much less willing to absorb the cost of work they don't want."

The insurance company, not the doctor, absorbed the cost when patients ran up high medical bills.

He might sell some, but there's no guarantee of that, and you still have to absorb the cost for a year.

Now he would have to look elsewhere and absorb the cost of shipping.

"They can no longer absorb the cost of the Medicaid program locally."

But for the most part, firms have had to absorb the cost.

Union officials said most unions would be able to absorb the cost without reducing benefits.