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news.yahoo.com - 3/17/2009

Health care overhaul may cost about $1.5 trillion (AP)

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AP - Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health policy experts say.

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washingtontimes.com - 3/18/2009

Obama climate plan could cost $2 trillion

— washingtontimes.com — Tom LoBianco ( Contact ) Wednesday, March 18, 2009 UPDATED: President Obama's climate plan could cost industry... close to $2 trillion, nearly three times the White House's initial estimate of the so-called "cap-and-trade" legislation, according to ... (more) Obama climate plan could cost $2 trillion

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youtube.com - 3/20/2009

We Want Health Care Choice! (video)

— youtube.com — Private insurance is what's getting between you and your doctor. Call your Member of Congress and tell... them you want a choice of a public or private health i... (more) We Want Health Care Choice! (video)

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msnbc.msn.com - 3/22/2009

Treasury’s toxic asset plan could cost $1 trillion

— msnbc.msn.com — The Obama administration’s latest attempt to tackle the banking crisis relies on a new entity, the Public... Investment Corp. to help purchase as much as $1 trillion in toxic assets. (more) Treasury’s toxic asset plan could cost $1 trillion

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Sounds like a bargain
Corrente — AP: Health care overhaul may cost about $1.5 trillion Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health experts say. That's more than double the $634 billion 'down payment' President Barack Obama set aside for health reform in his budget, raising the prospect of sticker shock at a time of record federal spending. Sounds like a bargain, to me. $1.5 trillion over 10 years, saving $350 billion a year, nets out positive (if, and only if, the guarantee is single payer). ...

Obama's Big Government Gamble
The American Spectator — ... . The newspaper also noted that "the health-care savings he has identified are all directed to new health-care spending, and, even then, they cover only a fraction of the likely costs of a health-care bill -- of what would become yet another entitlement program." In fact, the cost of implementing the type of health-care plan that Obama proposed during his campaign has been estimated at roughly $1.5 trillion over ten years. The only way Obama would be able to seriously reduce costs of medical care under a government-controlled system would be to ration care to the sick and ...