claim: "the first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion."
author: john cornyn
evidence_1: but they also expose health care providers to more financial risk, particularly  when the total costs of the bundle depend on services delivered by a variety of  providers who are not affiliated. bundling payments for different providers can  also raise significant administrative challenges, and some solutions to those  challenges ...
evidence_2: apr 29, 2009 ... while a welcome victory, congressional passage of the budget would be only a  first, relatively easy step toward obama's goal of providing health care ... with the  economy in recession and the bailout of the financial sector costing hundreds of  billions of dollars, deficits would rocket to $1.7 trillion for the ...
evidence_3: jan 9, 2015 ... soon we will make the last payment on the $15 billion of borrowing made to  cover budget deficits back to 2002. we will also repay .... the quarter‑cent sales  tax increase under the measure will expire at the end of 2016, and the ... health  care reform—due principally to the implementation of federal health.
evidence_4: mar 16, 2010 ... new jersey is facing a $10.7 billion deficit for fiscal year 2011 that demands  corrective action. ... this was evident when governor christie first took office and  had to address an immediate $2.2 .... the foundation for reform that will make  state and local government more accountable and new jersey more.
evidence_5: 12\ under paea, payments to prefund the retiree health care liability were to  average approximately $5.6 billion per year over the first ten years after the  enactment .... an analysis prepared for the postal service and shared with the  committee estimates that the health care reforms contained in this bill will reduce  the postal ...