June 25, 2009 12:02PM 

# Remember When $1 Trillion Was Real Money? 

By [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-d-tanner) 

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Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D‑MT) [has announced ](http://www.wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1669078)that he has reached agreement on scoring a series of options that will reduce the cost of his health care reform bill to just $1 trillion over the next 10 years. Whew. Now we can all rest easy.

Still, no agreement on the [tax increases](https://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_0609-57.pdf) needed to pay that $1 trillion though.

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