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On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
The statistic is that CBO has lowered its estimate of Federal spending for Medicare and Medicaid to such a degree that spending for 2020, one year, just one year, is now $200 billion lower than CBO thought back in 2010.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights a significant reduction in projected Medicare and Medicaid spending.

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