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Published 11/06/2009 by Ezra Klein

Can Congress control costs?

One of the more sophisticated arguments against health-care reform is that for all the sharp policies and elegant initiatives contained in the bill, none of it will work because Congress will vote to roll back the cost savings. The evidence comes...

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