Yesterday, the CBO estimated that the current Democratic Senate health care bill would increase the defict by $1 trillion over 10 years while leaving 30 million uninsured, forcing the White House to distance itself from the legislation

Health Systems Innovations Network, a consulting group, went ahead and estimated the full cost of a bill that included the subsidies and Medicaid expansion, and reduced the number of uninsured by 99 percent. With these assumptions, they estimated (pdf) the cost at a staggering $4 trillion over 10 years, resulting in the shift of 79 million Americans to government-run health care

the main reason why the group's estimate is so much higher than the CBO is that it assumes more people will buy coverage with government help

500 percent of the poverty level translates into income of $110,000 for a family of four

He also said HSI would revise the estimate if a new version of the legislation proposed new cost savings