"President Barack Obama promised
his health-care lawwould cost
approximately $900 billion over ten years when he first proposed it.
Since then, the price tag has continued to climb.
Total spending under the Affordable Care Act will reach $2.6 trillion over its first
full decade, according to a Senate Budget Committee analysis, which
was based on Congressional Budget Office estimates and growth
rates." http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/11/analysis-obamacare-to-cost-2-6-trillion-over-first-full-decade/
How will Obamacare make healthcare less expensive for
us all when we have to incur these costs as taxpayers? $2.6 trillion over 10
years??
Here are just a sample of the costs (this is not an
exhaustive list):
$600,000,000 - startup cost to create the website (Instagram by comparison cost ~$58 million
before Facebook bought it)*
$473,000,000+ a year needed for IRS "agents".
$Unknown costs to continue maintaining the website including
servers, troubleshooting, etc every year
$67,000,000 in grants so people can understand Obamacare
(through grants)
$Can't put a price on it - Reduced quality of care since many
more people will have healthcare but the number of physicians has remained
constant, as reported by Forbes: "Since 1997, the U.S. population
has grown by 50 million, but there has been no increase in the number of
physicians. Every 8 seconds, a baby boomer becomes eligible for Medicare.
Up to 30 million Americans will have health insurance in 2014 – a good thing –
but who will care for them? According to the Association of American Medical
Colleges, the shortage of physicians across all specialties will quadruple to
more than 60,000 by 2015 – just two years away – and 130,000 by 2025! "
*Reports indicate that this number has raised to $1,000,000,000+
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