WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans want to pull the plug on the health care overhaul they call "Obamacare," blaming it in part for the United States' ballooning budget deficit.
But they're quiet when it comes to the Medicare drug benefit — another massive health care entitlement, with unfunded future costs over $7 trillion.
Arguably, it could be driving up the deficit more than President Barack Obama's ambitious health care plan is.
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