How the Affordable Care Act benefits you

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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Tongue in cheek, I read that it paid for itself here. If ya know what I mean.

Yes. The CBO initial evaluation, when the bill was passed, was that it paid for itself, and adds nothing to the deficit. Public information at the time, widely disseminated. The final vote couldn't be held until the Congressional Budget Office scoring was in, which is why the vote was delayed for a week at the time.

So you can be "tongue in cheek" all you want. You can read those original reports by the CBO, here, by going to this page and clicking on the links.

The most recent previous estimate of those effects was prepared in March 2011. For more details on the insurance coverage provisions of the ACA, you can see CBO’s cost estimate for the health care legislation, which was issued in March 2010.
The Estimated Net Cost of the Insurance Coverage Provisions Is Smaller Than Estimated in March 2011

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43080