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Obama Seeks Another $313B in Health Cuts

He wants to reduce Medicare payments to hospitals

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2009 9:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – In an effort to pay for his ambitious health care plans, Barack Obama today proposed another $313 billion in cuts to government health care spending over the next decade, the Wall Street Journal reports. That brings the total cuts proposed to nearly $950 billion, just... Read full story »

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