Quote Originally Posted by sparq View Post
Health bill would cost $829B, cover 94 percent - Boston.com

Medical device tax still part of health care bill - The Boston Globe

It really looks like a great method to drive even more businesses out of the US...
Thanks for the link sparq.

Think about this: This bill will increase the covered from 83% to 96% at a cost of $829,000,000,000. That means the bill will spend $829,000,000,000 to cover 11% of the people that are in the U.S. legally, including those that make up that 11% and are U.S. citizens. That is roughly 39,000,000 people added to the ranks of the insured.

That means this bill will cost $21,256.41/person to insure over a 10 year period. This doesn't even make sense because that is $2,1256/person/year. There is no way that you can insure a person for $2,000/year. This is the problem with the CBO; their numbers don't work in the real world. It is also the problem with the politicians in Washington. They use misleading numbers to support their side.