WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats' health-care legislation has been estimated to cost $849 billion and to reduce the federal budget deficit by $127 billion over 10 years, according to a senior Senate leadership aide.Only fools wouldn't go along with that deal.
The estimates, from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, also showed that the bill would reduce the number of uninsured people in the U.S. by 31 million people. The result, the aide said, would be that 94% of Americans would have health-insurance coverage.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
All that and we save $127 billion?
CBO Estimates Bill will Cut Budget Deficit by $127 Billion in First 10 Years