Policy

Death Blow to Health Insurance Reform?

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Will Lindsey Graham be right about something? Here's hoping: 

The promised change won't come without a substantial price tag, as new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office highlighted. Democrats had hoped to craft a bill costing less than $1 trillion over 10 years, but the CBO analysis suggested the cost of one Senate measure could be closer to $1.6 trillion.

Appearing alongside Dodd, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called the CBO report a "death blow" to what he characterized as "a government-run health plan."

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