Health Care Overhaul May Cost About $1.5 Trillion

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Washington (AP) - Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health experts say. That's more than double the $634 billion 'down payment' President Barack Obama set aside for health reform in his budget, raising the prospect of sticker shock at a time of record federal spending.