A look at some of the numbers defining Obama’s health care overhaul
By APTuesday, March 23, 2010
A by-the-numbers look at health care overhaul
Highlights of health care overhaul, by the numbers:
—32 million: Non-elderly, uninsured Americans who will be covered by the health care bill, signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
—23 million: People who will remain uninsured, including illegal immigrants.
—$938 billion: Cost of the measure over 10 years.
—2,409: Pages in the health care bill signed by Obama.
—150: Pages in the package of changes the Senate is considering.
—60: “Yes” votes in the Senate to pass the health care legislation on Christmas Eve.
—219: “Yes” votes in the House to pass the health care bill, sending it to Obama for his signature.
—0: Republicans in Congress who voted for the legislation.
—34: Democrats in the House who voted against the measure.
—22: Pens Obama used to sign the health care overhaul into law.
—25: Consecutive days the Senate debated the bill before passing it last year.
—92: Meetings or phone calls Obama had with members of Congress in the week before the House passed the health care legislation.
—13: State attorneys general suing the federal government, claiming the landmark health care overhaul is unconstitutional.
Sources: AP reporting; Congressional Budget Office
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