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Senate Health Bill Comes In at $849 Billion

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 18, 2009, 4:58 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care reform proposal will cost $849 billion over 10 years but cut the deficit by about $127 billion, leadership aides announced Wednesday afternoon.

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