Basic Questions, Elusive Answers on Health Law

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR
NYT

WASHINGTON — As the fight over health care returned to the House floor on Tuesday, the debate could largely be stripped down to four questions that are relatively simple to ask, if not to answer:

Will the health care law, approved last year by Democrats with no Republican support, increase or reduce future federal deficits?

Will the law lead to the elimination of jobs by overburdened employers as Republicans assert, or will it create jobs as Democrats maintain?

Will the law raise or lower the cost of medical care for individuals and families, employers, and state and federal governments?

And, will the law achieve President Obama’s goal of providing coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans?

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