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category  Public Statements  Issue Position: Healthcare Reform
-- Repeal & Replace  Issue Position  Location: Unknown  The new
healthcare entitlement program passed by Congress and signed
into law by President Obama in March will provide taxpayer-
funded health insurance for 32 million people. It raises taxes
by half a trillion dollars and cuts Medicare by another half
trillion. It was purported to control rapidly-rising medical
costs; however, experts agree the bill actually does little to
control costs.  Many conservative Blue Dog Democrats, led by
Majority Leader Hoyer, said the bill would be the most
significant deficit reduction measure Congress would vote on
this year. What these self-described conservative Democrats hid
from the American people, however, was an expensive provision
that was removed from the bill, only to be signed into law later
this year. The result will swing the bill into the red by $100
billion. The longer-term costs wil