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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
Madam Secretary, I would like to kind of go back to the earlier questions I was asking about what I consider just really understated cost estimates for the healthcare act.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson questions the accuracy of cost estimates for the Affordable Care Act.

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