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    "title": "Economic View - Obama\u2019s Difficult Choices on Medicare Spending - NYTimes.com",
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    "html": "<p>MEDICARE expenditures threaten to crush the federal budget, yet the Obama administration is proposing that we start by spending more now so we can spend less later.</p>\n<p>This runs the risk of becoming the new voodoo economics. If we can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t realize significant savings in health care costs now, don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t expect savings in the future, either.</p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/business/economy/14view.html\">Economic View - Obama\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Difficult Choices on Medicare Spending - NYTimes.com</a>.</p>\n"
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