Josh Trent - Legislative Assistant for Health Policy
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D.
Sen. Coburn used this breakdown of the Democrat's health bill just a few moments ago on the Senate Floor.
Prepared PDF slide:
0 - provisions guaranteeing taxpayers do not finance abortion
0 - provisions prohibiting the rationing of health care
0 - number of senators required to enroll in the new government-run plan
8 - number of new taxes created in the bill, according to JCT analysis
13 - pages in the bill's table of contents
20.8 - pounds the bill weighs printed out
36 - pages in the CBO estimate of the price tag
70 - government programs authorized by the bill
1,697 - times the Secretary of Health and Human Services is given authority to create, determine, or define things in the bill
2,074 - pages in the bill
3,607 - uses of the word "shall" in the bill
$6.8 million - cost to taxpayers per word
24 million - people left without health insurance
$1.2 billion - cost to taxpayers per page
$5-$10 billion - additional funding needed for the IRS to implement the bill
$8 billion -taxes levied on uninsured individuals
$25 billion -additional Medicaid mandates placed on states
$28 billion -new taxes on employers not providing government approved plans
$100 billion - estimated annual fraud in Medicare and Medicaid
$118 billion -cuts to Medicare Advantage
$465 billion - total cuts to Medicare
$494 billion - revenue from new taxes/fees levied on American families and businesses
$2.5 trillion - cost for full implementation of the legislation
$12 trillion - total U.S. national debt
