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Tom Harkin: “The Federal Government is really giving with one hand and taking away with another because the new healthcare bill…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
The Federal Government is really giving with one hand and taking away with another because the new healthcare bill, between 2014 and 2019, is going to add between $1.1 billion and $1.5 billion of costs, most of which will have to come out of education.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin discusses the financial impact of the healthcare bill on education funding.

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