CMS: House health bill will hike costs $289B [discredits Democrats’ assertions will lower costs]
The House-approved healthcare overhaul would raise the costs of healthcare by $289 billion over the next 10 years, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan, independent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The long-awaited report sent to lawmakers late Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services should serve as a "stark warning to every Republican, Democrat and Independent worried about the future of this nation," Ways and Means ranking member Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said in a statement on Saturday. Though House Republicans pressed to have this analysis completed before the lower chamber voted on the Democrats' sweeping...
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