Assuming $54B for 2.5M people, the per capita cost is $22k (ten-year window but for two years of coverage +/-). While the package isn't buying coverage for all currently uninsured, the CBO accounts for those who would have dropped coverage, switchers from private to public source and vice versa, and ? those that would have kept their coverage but now have more help in paying premiums. But that question is, are folks who are questioning the price tag justified in their doubt. I'm spitballing the per capita cost, but it seems inappropriate, even in the context of a trillion-dollar package.
Assuming $54B for 2.5M people, the per capita cost is $22k (ten-year window but for two years of coverage +/-). While the package isn't buying coverage for all currently uninsured, the CBO accounts for those who would have dropped coverage, switchers from private to public source and vice versa, and ? those that would have kept their coverage but now have more help in paying premiums. But that question is, are folks who are questioning the price tag justified in their doubt. I'm spitballing the per capita cost, but it seems inappropriate, even in the context of a trillion-dollar package.