Big Health Care Promises To Cut $2 Trillion Over 10 Years

Courtesy Donklephant  Mon, 05/11/2009 - 7:37am

This is pretty significant because the one thing that has always gotten in the way of universal health care is the massive cost.

But if the health insurance providers are willing to look for ways to tighten their belts, it’ll make it much more fiscally realistic.

From USA Today :

WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce today that the health care industry will try to cut $2 trillion in expenses over the next decade...



 

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