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On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
Your estimates for the Obamacare bill were to be a trillion dollars in spending, and now I am looking at the figures for 2014 through 2023 as being a $2 trillion estimate.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Blackburn critiques the increasing cost estimates for Obamacare compared to initial projections.

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