You may reply that I don't have a clue what will happen either. But I would point out that the history of huge government entitlement programs invariably proves that they cost far more than originally intended and spawn costly and wildly destructive unintended consequences never dreamed of by their pie-in-the-sky drafters.
This Medicare Reform law authorizes only $39.5 Billion per year, flat rate, for each of ten years.
Why not use the real numbers, do they not frighten people enough to make your case? Does it really take a "trillion dollars" to make your point that this is a bad bill, or can you argue your case convincingly while using the actual, non-embellished numbers?