I have no idea nor have I seen a "menu" of items in the bill
and the associated costs thus I cannot come up with a "plan" that would encompass cost and benefits.


I guess this is what I mean by jumping to conclusions. While you have fixed on what you regard as the impossibility of paying for ACA without increasing the deficit, you admit you have no specific facts to back up your deep fears. As has been presented by a couple of posters, there are a number of potential and reasonable sources of revenue to cover ACA costs, not to AGAIN mention the offsetting revenues which are built into a plan which includes an additional 50 million participants.

I'll state again - Not just mine, but our country's glass is half full.

We have beaten this hypothetical horse to death. Lets move from fears about costs to analyzing ACA provisions which need to be changed or dropped. Got any?