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The cost of healthcare reform

Aug. 23, 2009
Congressional Democrats are looking at various ways to finance their overhaul legislation. Among the most contentious issues in the national healthcare debate is how to pay for it. President Obama wants legislation that is "deficit-neutral over the next decade." Here are the basics of...
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