And the Congressional Budget Office says... (drum roll.....)

[Clio the Leo]

Estimate of the Budgetary Effects of the Senate-Passed Health Bill

CBO has just released an estimate of the budgetary effects of the health bill, H.R. 3590, that passed the Senate on December 24. Today’s estimate differs from the estimate for a slightly earlier version of the legislation that we released on December 19 in that it encompasses all of the amendments that were adopted by the Senate, reflects a revised assumption about its enactment date, and incorporates some technical revisions. We and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) prepared this updated estimate in preparation for further consideration of health care legislation. However, the changes we have made do not result in an estimate that differs substantially from the earlier one.

CBO and JCT now estimate that, on balance, the direct (mandatory) spending and revenue effects of enacting H.R. 3590 as passed by the Senate would yield a net reduction in federal deficits of $118 billion over the 2010–2019 period. (Direct spending—as distinguished from discretionary spending—is spending that stems from legislation other than appropriation acts.) In our earlier estimate, the budgetary impact was a net reduction in deficits of $132 billion.

The gross cost of the proposed expansions in insurance coverage over those 10 years is now projected to be $875 billion, reflecting subsidies provided through insurance exchanges, increased net outlays for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and tax credits for small employers. Those costs are partly offset by revenues from an excise tax on high-premium insurance plans and net savings from other coverage-related sources, leaving a net cost of $624 billion for the coverage provisions. Other provisions affecting direct spending save $478 billion, on net—mostly in Medicare—and other provisions affecting revenues reduce the deficit by $264 billion, on net. Thus, the net effect on deficits of the bill as a whole equals $624 billion less $478 billion less $264 billion, or a reduction of $118 billion over the 2010-2019 period. In total, CBO and JCT estimate that the legislation would increase outlays by $355 billion and increase revenues by $473 billion between 2010 and 2019.

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http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=488

In layman's terms here...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x217529

[Supersedeas]

1. Huge News: now compare the Media Attention this gets to other Corporate Insurance sponsored

distractions

[Jennicut]

2. Good news. Pelosi seems to think she has to votes.

Now, I wonder when the actual vote will be scheduled.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. Good. Let's drop health care from the name.

Just refer to it as "The Deficit Reduction Act of 2010"

[Cha]

4. Thanks Clio..Booked!

[GeorgeGist]

5. 624 billion more for the insurance cos ...(dumb roll ...)

[Festivito]

6. A single-payer or robust-public-option would repay TEN TIMES THAT.

A 1.5T$ health care denial industry, down the tubes. Good riddance. And the money can come back to US, WE the people. Yum.