I believe the number is 761 Billion. That is the amount that was cut from medicaid to pay for Obamacare. The debate over health care reform started as one that was supposed to cut the deficit. It ends up that there is no way to pay for it and other programs must be cut. Estimates of costs also came in much lower at first and are now being reported much higher. The whole thing is a huge 3000 page mess. It needs to be replaced with common sense solutions.