offset the cost by cutting the health care prevention funding. the republicans only grudgingly voted to extend the low rates and funding the preventative health care that s true. you can agree with them or not. but they re cutting prevention funding for everyone no just women. those are facts. we have reported on this before. but it didn t stop the group moveon.org from taking out this full page ad in politico. republicans must think we re student. the republicans will only keep rates low if they cut funding for women s health. i closes with a call to keep stafford loan rates low. keeping them honest though, it doesn t. what the house bill does do is zero out a billion dollar portion of new health care law devoted to preventative medicine. money for smoking prevention, nutrition programs, hospital infection control, immunization, money to hire new doctors. but nothing in the fund for mammograms or pap smears or specific women s health issues with the exception of $7 million f
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