The Affordable Care Act would reduce the deficit over the first 10 years and dramatically over the next 10 years.
Barack Obama: “The Affordable Care Act would reduce the deficit over the first 10 years and dramatically over the next 10 years.”
On the recordApril 9, 2012
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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney
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