But just to be clear on the second decade, as you indicated, you expressed your estimate in terms of GDP, and you did say that you believed that repealing the health care reform law would increase Federal deficits in the decade after 2019 by an amount that is in a broad range around one-half percent of GDP, correct?
Chris Van Hollen: “But just to be clear on the second decade, as you indicated, you expressed your estimate in terms of GDP, and you did…”
On the recordFebruary 9, 2011
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Van Hollen clarifies the impact of repealing health care reform on future federal deficits.
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