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Will Reform Cut Health Care Costs? Don’t Bet on It

By Morton M. Kondracke
Roll Call Contributing Writer
Oct. 1, 2009, Midnight

The good news about health care reform is that, if it passes, the ranks of the uninsured will be reduced. The bad news is that reducing the surging cost of health care in the United States will remain iffy, at best.

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