Dir. Elmendorf tells W & M the Dems' Bill Will Expand Federal Health Care Spending Significantly


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Dir. Elmendorf tells W & M the Dems' Bill Will Expand Federal Health Care Spending Significantly

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Congressional Budget Office Director Elmendorf tells Ways and Means that: "The coverage proposals in this legislation would expand federal spending on health care to a significant degree. And in our analysis so far, we dont see other provisions in this legislation reducing federal health spending by a corresponding degree."

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health care, taxes, spending, ways and means, democrats, republicans,

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