We're following the money on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) otherwise known as ObamaCare. Duke University professor Chris Conover estimates how much ObamaCare and related provisions will reduce economic output:

"According to the Cato Institute, the Congressional Budget Office has projected the 10-year, on-budget cost of ObamaCare will be just over $1 trillion. This paper estimates PPACA will impose an additional, hidden cost of $157 billion to $494 billion in the form of reduced economic output. Related provisions (such as the so-called “doc fix”) could drive the economic losses to $550 billion, or more than half of the bill’s official cost estimates."

Source: Cato @ Liberty