Comments on: Another Estimate on the Cost of Kennedy’s Health Bill: It’s More Like $4 Trillion

By: Numbers Lie, #I-Lost-Count-Already: Health Care (again) « The Marginalist:

Numbers Lie, #I-Lost-Count-Already: Health Care (again) « The Marginalist: — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:33:56 +0000

[...] public uproar over a health insurance plan that was going to cost as $1 trillion (or $2 trillion or $4 trillion, but who’s counting?), the Democrats have put forth a new bill that claims to cost [...]

By: Numbers Lie, Health Care Edition: $4 Trillion « The Marginalist:

Numbers Lie, Health Care Edition: $4 Trillion « The Marginalist: — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:43:17 +0000

[...] tip to John Goodman: The Kennedy Bill, if it covers all Americans, will cost about $4 Trillion. Steve Parente and [...]

By: John Goodman

John Goodman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:44:07 +0000

Parente also has an estimate of the tri-committee draft bill in the House. He puts the cost at $3.5 trillion. I’ll blog on that tomorrow.

By: Tom H.

Tom H. — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:42:23 +0000

Glad to see this. Steve Parente does good work. However, it’s unrealistic to think that 99% of the public would be insured. Probably a reaseon goal is to cut the number of uninsured in half.

By: What does $1 trillion get you? « MI HealthFacts

What does $1 trillion get you? « MI HealthFacts — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:52:10 +0000

[...] John Goodman passes on the news that Health Systems Innovations’ analysis of the bill says that it will cost $4 trillion over [...]