claim: the cbo says the cost of health care reform will rise to $1.8 trillion, "increasing the price to far greater than the $900 billion" originally projected.
author: robert hurt
evidence_1: s491 (senator paul wellstone's single payer bill) would raise national health  expenditures ... if expenditures were higher than baseline in the first few years,  then additional ... impacts of health care reform: projections of costs and  savings ... the cost curve”) would save $1.8 trillion, making comprehensive health  benefits ...
evidence_2: the cbo says the cost of health care reform will rise to $1.8 trillion, "increasing  the price to far greater than the $900 billion" originally projected. — politifact ...
evidence_3: apr 9, 2018 ... the new congressional budget office analysis, which includes the cost of ... is  that rising deficits will drive up interest rates, raise borrowing costs for the ... the  budget office said would add more than $1.8 trillion to deficits over that ... the  $804 billion projected deficit for the current fiscal year is $242 billion ...
evidence_4: apr 9, 2018 ... the gop's signature tax law is projected to increase the national debt ... so far as  to say that they would ultimately reduce the national debt and deficits. ... will rise  faster than previously expected, which increases the costs of servicing the debt.  ... account for $582 billion of the $1.9 trillion total deficit increase.
evidence_5: nov 15, 2013 ... since the new healthcare exchanges opened on october 1, my office has ...  american health care reform act. this legislation would increase competition ...  care act would cost around $900 billion, but more recent projections by the ...  office show it will be closer to $1.8 trillion, double the original estimate.