“The cost of expanding coverage would exceed $200 billion a year by 2019, the CBO said. But new revenue in the package, combined with savings from program cuts, would outpace the cost of coverage, reducing the federal deficit by $138 billion over the next 10 years.”

• This measure would make insurance available to an estimated 95 percent of non-elderly citizens by dramatically expanding Medicaid.
•  The program would be paid for by slicing nearly $500 billion from Medicare and other federal health programs.

• CBO Estimates: H.R. 4872, Reconciliation Act
• H.R. 4872, Reconciliation Act