How Changes to Obamacare Can Cut the Deficit
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March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Republicans in Washington haverepeatedly called on President Barack Obama to make changes tothe Affordable Care Act as a part of their efforts to deal withlong-term budget deficits. Although complete repeal of the lawis desirable, such an outcome is impossible in the near-term.
This raises two questions: Should changes to the law bepart of current budget negotiations? And, more important, whatform should these changes take?