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DeLeo says House bill will try to cut health cost in half

By Liz Kowalczyk

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 07, 2012

Long-awaited legislation to control health care costs will aim to cut annual increases in half, to about 3.7 percent, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Tuesday in a speech to business leaders in which he provided few other details. Currently, the cost of health care in the state is climbing 6.7 percent to 8 percent a year - when taking into account both the prices paid to providers and the amount of care patients use.

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