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"The federal budget is on an unsustainable path, primarily because of the rising cost of health care... Medicare's Part A trust fund... will have insufficient funds to pay for covered services starting in 2017"
Source: CBO.
Estimate of the 10-year cost of the House Democrats' "Affordable Health Choices Act", which includes a "public option": $1 trillion.
(Source: CBO.)
Estimate of the 10-year cost of the Senate Democrats' health care plan: $856 billion.
(Source: AP.)
Estimate of the10-year net decrease in the federal deficit by allowing individuals to buy health insurance in any state: $7.4 billion.
Net decrease of uninsured individuals by 2014, if individuals are allowed to buy health insurance in any state: 400,000.
(Source: CBO.)
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