claim: "did you know obamacare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 trillion?"
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: mar 28, 2013 ... while obamacare's contraception insurance mandate might cause some catholic institutions to shut down, democrats have never threatened the church. cruz's 'false' claims. in may 2012 cruz tweeted, “did you know obamacare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected – $1.8 trillion?” politifact ...
evidence_2: may 14, 2013 ... when president obama was selling his health care legislation to congress, he declared that “the plan i'm proposing will cost around $900 billion over 10 years.” but with the law's major provisions set to kick in next year, a new analysis by the congressional budget office projects that the law will cost ...
evidence_3: last week, we mentioned senator ted cruz's nutty tweet comparing net neutrality to "obamacare. ..... or does conservative mean you like regulations that help you, and not the ones that help others? ..... "did you know obamacare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 trillion?" lie.
evidence_4: dec 13, 2013 ... looking for news you can trust? ... the wars in iraq and afghanistan cost $1.5 trillion, about twice the cost of the vietnam war when adjusted for inflation. ... and that's just the “supplemental” military spending passed by congress for the wars—the regular pentagon budget also grew nearly 45 percent ...
evidence_5: you can view the original analysis here: http://fiscalfactcheck.crfb.org/how-do-donald-trumps-campaign-proposals-so-far-add-up-archive/ ... under this central cost estimate, debt held by the public would increase from nearly $14 trillion today to $36 trillion by 2026 (compared to about $24 trillion under current law).