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Rangel: House Dem Health Care Bill to Have $600 bln in Tax Hikes

By Philip Klein on 6.12.09 @ 4:01PM

Bloomberg has the remarks of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel , and it also includes this reassuring line:

Asked whether the cost of a health-care overhaul would be more than $1 trillion, Rangel said, “the answer is yes.”

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