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  • CBO doubles some health care spending estimates (How many more lies will Americans accept?)

    05/12/2010 4:03:40 AM PDT · by tobyhill · 18 replies · 540+ views
    cnn ^ | 5/11/2010 | cnn
    The Congressional Budget Office has doubled the estimated increases of some costs resulting from the sweeping health care reform legislation passed this year. A CBO report sent Tuesday to Rep. Jerry Lewis of California, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, said the estimated rise in discretionary spending - which is spending requiring annual congressional authorization - over the first 10 years under the new legislation could exceed $115 billion. On March 11, exactly two months earlier, the non-partisan CBO reported the estimated increase for discretionary spending could exceed $55 billion.