Healthcare

The Money Saved by the Senate Bill

Written by Bob Cesca

Jon Cohn lays out the insurance cost savings for working and middle class families. You should definitely read the whole write-up here, but meanwhile here's the chart:

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Some of these numbers are staggering -- both the repulsive costs of the status quo and the consequential savings via the reform bill. A family of four in the $48K annual salary range will see their premiums reduced from $12,000 to $3,600. That's impressive. For example, the $8,400 in savings will pay for a semester of college tuition (and then some) at a Pennsylvania state university.