'Obamacare' reduces deficit, Congressional Budget Office concludes

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | 6:25 p.m. CDT

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama's contention in a major election-year dispute with Republicans.

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