Revision of Official Estimate Puts Health Reform Cost Over $1 Trillion

A new revision of the cost of the health reform law puts the price tag at more than $1 trillion over 10 years, with the addition of $105 billion in discretionary spending that Congress still would have to approve, according to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.

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In its original estimate, the Congressional Budget Office did not include the cost of proposed additional programs ranging from a breast-health awareness campaign to several Indian health programs, which have discretionary spending.

Read the Wall Street Journal Health Blog‘s report on health reform spending.

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