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Yes, $2.6 Trillion! A Closer Look at the Full 10 Years of Spending in the House Health Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership are frantically trying to find enough votes to pass their giant 2,032 page health care legislation this weekend. But before Speaker Pelosi and liberals in Congress pass their big bill, the American taxpayers should be fully aware of ...
CBO: New House Health Bill Spending Estimate, $3 Trillion over 10 Years
redstate.com — The totals below, I am told by the Heritage Foundation, do NOT include the $250 billion extra spending on Medicare to buy off the American Medical Association for their support of the U.S. House bill. The Democratic House Leadership has ... (more) CBO: New House Health Bill Spending Estimate, $3 ...
AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion      (AP)
AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion (AP)
news.yahoo.com — AP - 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 ... (more) AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion (AP)
House could vote Saturday on health bill
thehill.com — The House could hold a rare Saturday vote this weekend to pass its healthcare reform legislation. An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that a vote could happen at 6 p.m. on Saturday, a schedule House Rules Committee ... (more) House could vote Saturday on health bill
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Rep. Paul Ryan: “This is NOT About Health Care Policy… This Is About Ideology” (Video)
Gateway Pundit — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) took the floor minutes ago and gave one of the best talks of his young career urging House members not to socialize the nation’s health care system. Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) says the Pelosi plan will cost the nation $3 Trillion (at least). Heritage says it will cost $2.4 Trillion.

Health Care That's Always A Scare
JustOneMinute — ... . That $1.1 trillion cost figure has been cosmetically managed by Ms. Pelosi - most of the spending does not even commence until 2013, although tax provisions begin in 2011, per ...

A Trillion Here
Neptunus Lex — A trillion there. Pretty soon we’re talking about real money.

Maybe this time…
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Maybe the bill passed by the House on Saturday night will stay within its cost projections. Of course, you have several cost projections to choose from. The Democrats’ cost claims are all ridiculous lies, designed using accounting techniques that would land private businessmen in jail, just in time to save them from being drawn and quartered by stockholders. The Heritage Foundation’s estimate of $2.4 to $2.6 trillion over 10 years, beginning when the House bill transitions from front-loaded tax hikes to full Daffy Duck freak-out spending in 2014, is the most logical ...

Two-point-six trillion dollars
Fausta's BlogYes, $2.6 Trillion! A Closer Look at the Full 10 Years of Spending in the House Health Bill The true cost is not the net spending on only the coverage related provisions ($897 billion) but rather the total gross spending for the coverage provisions ($1.05 trillion) as well as any additional spending in the bill (approximately $217 billion). That would raise the plan’s price tag to about $1.5 trillion when including the roughly $210 billion cost of the “doc fix” is included. The “doc fix” refers to the undoing of the flawed Medicare payment update formula, ...

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google.com 19 days ago — 1 hour ago WASHINGTON House Republicans have produced a health care bill to offer as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats, focusing more on lowering costs than expanding coverage. The bill is 230 pages long, compared with Democrats' ...
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