[Trailerpark Badass]

the Medicare prescription drug bill cost was sold by the GW Bush Admin at around $350 Billion and almost immediately after it passed it jumped to $580 Billion, and $750 Billion a few months later.

Really?

Four years into full operation, President George W. Bush’s Medicare prescription drug program is coming in well below its projected cost, giving hope to backers of the new health insurance law that it, too, could beat budget expectations.

The numbers are stark and conclusive: In 2009, the government spent $60.8 billion on the drug benefit, or far less than the annual $111.2 billion cost projected just five years ago, after the program was enacted.

Wash Times says

[Mariner]

Program costs are typically measured in 10 year increments and the previous post got it right.

$600bil - $1,000bil cost.