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riversedge

(70,242 posts) Thu Dec 7, 2017, 05:22 PM Dec 2017

Cost of 5-years of health insurance for 9 million kids $8.5 billion Cost of GOP tax bill $1.446

Senator Bob Casey‏Verified account @SenBobCasey
1h1 hour ago

Cost of GOP tax bill = $1.446 trillion (over 10 years)
Cost of 5-years of health insurance for 9 million kids = $8.5 billion

1446/8.5 = 170.1 * 5 = 850 years

You could fund CHIP at current levels for 850 years for the cost of the GOP tax bill.