Cause we know, if that is their estimate, we can add 50% at least to it.
AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul - broken link)
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WASHINGTON – The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.
While the Congressional Budget Office has put the cost of expanding coverage in the legislation at roughly $1 trillion, Democrats added billions more on higher spending for public health, a reinsurance program to hold down retiree health costs, payments for preventive services and more.
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If they, or their supporters had ANY common sense, they would start over and do it one step at a time, piece by piece.