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  • CBO/JCT Preliminary Analysis: America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 (Baucus Plan)

    10/08/2009 11:30:45 AM PDT · by luckybogey · 202+ views
    LuckyBogey's Blog ^ | October 8, 2009 | LuckyBogey
    The estimate includes a projected net cost of $518 billion over 10 years for the proposed expansions in insurance coverage. That net cost itself reflects a gross total of $829 billion in credits and subsidies provided through the exchanges, increased net outlays for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and tax credits for small employers; those costs are partly offset by $201 billion in revenues from the excise tax on high-premium insurance plans and $110 billion in net savings from other sources. The net cost of the coverage expansions would be more than offset by the combination of...