Medicare Actuary Doubts Health Care Law Will Hold Down Costs

Seeded on Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:20 PM EST (Google)

Two of the central promises of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are unlikely to be fulfilled, Medicare's independent economic expert told Congress on Wednesday.

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