Okay, guys, here it is: the final bill, and the final CBO accounting of cost that came out today. Looks like a Sunday-Monday vote.
The actual bill is at the bottom of this page
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_502543.html
The bottom line - that's 32 million people we no longer will be paying for in
our insurance premiums.
Quote:
Comprehensive health care reform will cost the federal government $940 billion over a ten-year period, but will increase revenue and cut other costs by a greater amount, leading to a reduction of $138 billion in the federal deficit over the same period, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, a Democratic source tells HuffPost. It will cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion over the second ten year period.
The source said it also extends Medicare's solvency by at least nine years and reduces the rate of its growth by 1.4 percent, while closing the doughnut hole for seniors, meaning there will no longer be a gap in coverage of medication. The CBO also estimated it would extend coverage to 32 million additional people.
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