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The WaPo Is Saying The Senate Bill Will Increase The National Debt By $132 Billion

OK this is very interesting. The Washington Post has an interactive feature up where you can view all kinds of things about health care reform, including this:

Compare that to what the CBO letter says today:

CBO and JCT estimate that, on balance, the direct spending and revenue effects of
enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act incorporating the manager’s amendment would yield a net reduction in federal deficits of $132 billion over the 2010-2019 period (see Table 1)

I would venture to say this is an error in the WaPo’s little Flash application, but that hasn’t stopped the GOP from pushing this:

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