The agreement would generate savings over the next three years.
The budget bill passed by the House would generate savings of $50.4 billion.
Of course, that could generate huge savings for its five million customers.
More to the immediate point, Japan is the only large, rich economy around to generate savings for others.
Researchers outside the Government said it would be difficult for a drug benefit to generate overall savings.
"They will generate important savings for the economy in 1987 and for many more years to come."
The long-term financial savings generated by the cuts were expected to be modest.
The savings generated by revamping the system would be significant, one independent study has found.
It is estimated that the savings generated will increase real incomes in the neighborhood by a full seven percent.
Instead it was looking for projects that generate savings.