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On the recordJuly 17, 2012
I'm afraid the system is going to be horribly broken because if we roll the budgetary window forward to when the health care law actually gets fully kicked in, about 2016 with full spending, the total cost of the health care law will be about $2.5 trillion over 10 years.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson expresses concern about the financial implications of the health care law.

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