In health-care reform, no deficit cure (slow to wake up to the cost)
In health-care reform, no deficit cure Debate rages over bill's impact on costs -- and how much that matters By Lori Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 30, 2009 As the long battle over health care is rejoined in the Senate this week, experts remain deeply divided over whether the legislation would rein in soaring health-care costs or simply add millions of people to a system that is already driving the nation toward bankruptcy. Optimists say the $848 billion package drafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) contains all the most promising ideas for transforming the health-care...
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