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Obama Appointed Medicare Trustee Exposes True Cost of ObamaCare

A public trustee appointed by President Obama to oversee Medicare and Social Security has issued an extensive research report finding that ObamaCare will increase government spending by far more than a trillion dollars while adding hundreds of billions of new debt. The report by Charles Blahous completely refutes the claim by Obama and the Democrats that the legislation would magically increase access and quality of care for millions of Americans while reducing the size of the deficit. The opening paragraph of the report is damning:

"The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed into law by President Obama in...

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