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Joe Pitts: “CBO's estimate of total spending on coverage expansions in PPACA grew from $938 billion last March to $1.445 trillion.”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
CBO's estimate of total spending on coverage expansions in PPACA grew from $938 billion last March to $1.445 trillion.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts highlights the significant increase in projected federal spending on health care.

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