Report: Obama Health System Reform Plan Comes with $75 Billion Price Tag

A report released Nov. 12 projects that President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed health system reform plans would cost the federal government $75 billion in 2009 dollars, the equivalent of $2,500 per newly insured person. The report, “Healthcare Policy in an Obama Administration: Delivering on the Promise of Universal Coverage,” released by PricewaterhouseCooper’s Health Research Institute, notes…