Jackie Judd talks with KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin about the growing political pressure on President Obama and congressional Democrats to scale back the cost and scope of the health care overhaul legislation this fall. Political and health care experts say there are many ways to achieve that, including by phasing in the expansion of Medicaid more slowly and reducing premiums subsidies for lower-income families.
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