One of the biggest flashpoints in the coming congressional health care debate will be how much money can be saved by reforming the nation’s presently broken system. The White House budget included $634 billion over 10 years for health reform, paid for by in part by trimming the system’s existing payments to insurance companies, doctors, and drug-makers.
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