A look at some of the numbers defining Obama’s health care overhaul

By AP
Tuesday, 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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