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Tim Scott: “Obamacare was supposed to cost $1.8 trillion; the latest number is down to $1.3 trillion, which is a drop of half a…”

On the recordApril 22, 2015
Obamacare was supposed to cost $1.8 trillion; the latest number is down to $1.3 trillion, which is a drop of half a trillion dollars.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Scott discusses the changing cost estimates of Obamacare.

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