Health “Reform” By the Numbers: $1,200,000,000,000
$1,200,000,000,000
Spending in Senate health care and reconciliation bills during Fiscal Years 2010-2019, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates: $940 billion in health insurance subsidies, $93.9 billion in other mandatory health spending included in H.R. 3590 as passed by the Senate, $50.3 billion in other mandatory health spending in H.R. 4872 (reconciliation measure), $41.6 billion in mandatory education spending in H.R. 4872, and at least $70 billion in discretionary spending in H.R. 3590.*
*Note that the above figures do NOT include the first ten years of full implementation (i.e. 2014-2023), where spending would be much higher – at least $2.3 trillion. Note also that the Senate Budget Committee has released an analysis showing discretionary appropriations under H.R. 3590 could total as much as $114 billion.
| Total Spending | |
| Subsidies | 940 |
| Other mandatory spending in Senate HC bill | 93.9 |
| Other mandatory HC spending in recon bill | 50.3 |
| Mandatory education spending in recon bill | 41.6 |
| Discretionary spending in Senate HC bill | 70 |
| TOTAL | 1195.8 |