Costs will rise
Cry Wolf Quotes
[Sprinkler systems are a] cumbersome and costly apparatus.
All too often such well-intended Federal programs simply fuel the flames of spiraling health care cost inflation, diffuse the concentration of limited Federal dollars on the truly medically needy who must rely on Government entitlements for any medical care, and exacerbate the rising uncontrollable element in the Federal deficit which we must get under control if we are going to put people back to work—which is the real objective that would meet the problem addressed by this committee.
Minimally, these actions would generate costs incalculable, yet STAGGERING [format from original].
These changes will generate expenses that will ultimately be passed on to patients.
Evidence
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Regulations at Work: Five Rules that Save Workers’ Lives and Protect their Health
This paper looks at five worker-safety regulations that were tremendously successful in reducing employee injuries, illnesses and fatalities.

