Debt struggle could put Obamacare on cutting table

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President Obama’s contested health care overhaul will become a larger target in the wake of a bitter and protracted debt ceiling debate as a major cause of the nation’s exploding debt, analysts say.

Amid wrangling over raising the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, Obama has rebuffed efforts to scale back his health care overhaul, taking a hard line that has left large potential savings untapped, some say.

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