Republican from Louisiana
Dr. Charles Boustany is a heart surgeon and a Republican congressman from Louisiana.
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The CBO found that the House Republican health care plan would lower premiums by "up to about 10 percent" and, for purchasers in the individual market, "those cost savings could even be higher."
The Democratic health care bill in the House would "create 53 new government bureaucracies."
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Yes, more bureaucracy; but how to measure it?:
Republicans contend the health care plan will create 53 new bureaucracies. We try counting them.
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