Health bill coverage put at 94%
Plan would cost $829 billion, pare deficit in decade, agency says
Posted: October 8, 2009 at 3:24 a.m.
Healthcare legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-year cost of $829 billion, congressional budget experts said Wednesday.
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