Health Care Reform Spending Much Lower Than Originally Estimated, Sebelius Testifies
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends fiscal 2013 budget, telling a House subcommittee that implementing the Affordable Care Act has so far cost only a fraction of the $1 billion per year originally forecast by the Congressional Budget Office.
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