Health care overhaul cost may reach $1.5 trillion
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:16
in Mathematics & Economics
(AP) -- Your lungs may work just fine, but the estimated price for universal health care could take your breath away. Health policy experts say guaranteeing coverage for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade. That would be more than double the $634 billion 'down payment' President Barack Obama set aside for health reform in his budget.