Only the First Step in Containing Health Costs the latest in a long series of columns Christina Romer From, “Only the First Step in Containing Health Care Costs:” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/business/he... Only the First Step in Containing Health Costs ONLY THE FIRST STEP IN CONTAINING HEALTH COSTS Only the First Step in Containing Health Costs Only the first step in containing health costs