claim: the congressional budget office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."
author: michael riley
evidence_1: apr 17, 2018 ... gdp is projected to be greater than cbo previously estimated. 3. deficits are ...  held by the public, which has doubled in the past .... average, from 2018 to 2023 —by roughly 0.7 percentage ... when the average deficit has been so large over  so many ... $1.7 trillion (or 4 percent) and increasing outlays by.
evidence_2: michael riley · the congressional budget office "has already doubled its  estimate for the cost (of obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7  trillion.".
evidence_3: the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (arra) (pub.l. 111–5),  nicknamed the recovery act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th u.s.  congress and signed into law by president barack obama in february 2009.  developed in response to the great recession, the arra's primary ... since its  inception, the impact of the stimulus has been a subject of ...
evidence_4: michael riley · the congressional budget office "has already doubled its  estimate for the cost (of obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7  trillion.".
evidence_5: the economic policy of the barack obama administration was characterized by  moderate tax ... by 2016, the law covered approximately 24 million people with  health ... during his first two years, president obama had a majority in the house  and the .... the cbo estimated that enacting the bill would increase federal  budget ...