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The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care
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6/20/2009, 11:11 PM
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Christina Romer testifies before the House Budget Committee that the cost of doing nothing on health care will lead to: - Budget deficits going up astronomically - Americans seeing their take home wages stagnate and go down - Lower standards of living
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