The Congressional Budget Office projected a $196 billion dollar savings over 10 years. Almost $13 billion from hospitals, about $14 billion from SNFs, about $22 billion from Medicare Part B cuts (durable medical equipment, labs, ASC, Dialysis and other services), and almost $40 billion from home health. Medicare Part D premiums will rise as much as 9% over 10 years, primarily as a result of donut hole closure steps.
Here are some links to interesting reading about the economics of US health care costs. I don't pretend that I have personally read every one:
http://www.gao.gov/htext/d04793sp.htmlhttp://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/healthcare_spending.html
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/app_processform.php
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