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   On 4/13/2015 11:59 AM, M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   > And the story with the scary headline was a year old.   
   >   
   > The new formula sets the increase at GDP + inflation, with a floor of 3%. The   
   > old formula was a flat 6%, so if GDP grew by 3.6%, and inflation was 2.6%,   
   the   
   > 6% increase would have been a 0.2% decrease in adjusted terms.   
   >   
   > With the ultimate result being $36 billion less for health care over ten   
   years.   
      
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