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Bill Clinton: Oh, but when I had a chance to study it further, I felt even better about their analysis because if you look at their…

On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
Oh, but when I had a chance to study it further, I felt even better about their analysis because if you look at their analysis, they basically agree with us about how much the program will cost and how it will impact. They think in the short run more savings will flow to private sector--to businesses and purchases, direct purchases of health care--and less savings to the Government. And over a 5-year period, Senator Moynihan at the beginning of the day said the Government will spend $7.5 trillion or something in the next 5 years. This $70 billion, it's a big number, but spread out over 5 years we can easily work through it. I think we can reconcile that. I'm not worried about it. President Boris Yeltsin of Russia
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