10/19/09 CBO Says Lawmakers Are Close To Meeting Spending Limit For Health Care Bill

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Preliminary estimates from the Congressional Budget Office show that House leaders are within striking distance of drafting a health overhaul that fits within President Obama's $900 billion limit, but the new numbers have done little to unite the chamber's Democrats around a legislative plan. The CBO report predicts that one proposal, which would create the government-run insurance plan preferred by liberals, would cost around $905 billion over the next decade. An option costing $859 billion would both create a government-run insurance plan along the lines preferred by rural moderates and more dramatically expand Medicaid, the government health plan for the poor that is funded partly by the states.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101603602.html