The cost analysis is in! Sen. Max Baucus' Finance Committee bill will cost $829 billion over ten years, up from an initial estimate of $774 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Finance Committee is now expected to move forward with voting on the bill, which will then get moved to the full Senate floor to be merged with the Senate HELP committee bill that was finalized in July.
The NYT story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/health/policy/08health.html?_r=1&hp
The WSJ reports: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125494356104171425.html
WSJ's Health Blog's take on the five important numbers in the CBO score: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/10/07/five-key-numbers-in-cbos-score-of-the-senate-finance-bill/
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