[bt-99]

849 billion divided by 31 million is about $27,000 per person.$2700/year/person. Seems a little high when you are in charge of rationing who receives care and what you pay doctors,hospitals and drug companies.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"849 billion divided by 31 million is about $27,000 per person.$2700/year/person. Seems a little high when you are in charge of rationing who receives care and what you pay doctors,hospitals and drug companies."

I just ran the same math, then it occurred to me: this is probably the net cost after Medicare is cut by half a trillion dollars over the same period, which is part of this legislation.

Which means the real cost--even if you accept the CBO's numbers--is closer to $1.4 trillion. That's $1.4 trillion to do two things: (1) remove health care funding from seniors, who use it, and (2) give it to the generally youthful uninsured, who have so little use for health insurance that they see no reason to pay for it themselves, currently.

This does not add up.