Sen. Scofield: ‘Obamacare’ could take up 65 percent of state’s budget
September 11th, 2011 . by BradThe federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” could take up as much as 65 percent of the state’s general fund budget if it goes into effect, according to one area legislator.
“How do you pay for that? That’s the questions of the millennium,” said state Sen. Clay Scofield, a Republican from Red Hill. “The only real way to pay for it is to raise taxes, and I’m not talking a little bit. They’re going to have to raise it a bunch. That’s going to kill this country and this state.”
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