Healing American health care

Reform benets
21,016 Utah seniors on
Medicare saved $12 million dollars on their medicines

Reform costs
$2.6 trillion in new federal
spending when reform is fully implemented

790,608 Utahns took

advantage of free preventive care, including cancer screenings

$701 billion increase to the

decit in law's rst 10 years

$37 million extra that Utah

has to spend to expand Medicaid

1.2 million Utahns no longer

face a lifetime cap on their insurance benets

$311 billion projected

increase in national health care spending

21,247 more young adults

were able to stay on their parents' health plans

$350-$400 average increase

in premiums due to new insurance regulations in 2010

696 previously uninsurable

Utahns are now covered

Sources: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Congressional Budget Ofce, House Budget Committee, Utah Department of Health, journal Health Affairs, Joint Committee on Taxation