Oct 7,2009
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"WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A health overhaul proposal from Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., got a boost Wednesday from the Congressional Budget Office, which said the bill wouldn't add to the deficit through 2019 and probably would continue to raise more money for the government than it costs after that time.
The widely awaited preliminary estimate from CBO found that the bill would reduce the deficit by $81 billion through 2019.
The CBO said the gross cost of the bill comes to $829 billion ..."
Comment: Seems like the invective and mudslinging chaos is starting to dissolve into an overhaul of our broken Health care system that looks a lot like Obama promised in his campaign. I am sure there are plenty of critics who find this direction unpalatable but life goes on and good people of good intent do sometimes do good things, we can hope.
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