necessary. that's impossible to estimate, but will surely add to the cost which brought some "i told you so" from republicans. >> the healthcare bill is now expected to cost $115 billion more than the administration said it would. wiping out every saving they claim it would produce. >> reporter: the first cost was $938 billion for mandatory spending to reduce the deficit by $143 billion, though it included some unrelated savings in student loan programs. though that will not change, the discretionary spending makes healthcare more expensive but by how much is not certain. >> yesterday's report is a prediction of what congress might vote on each year and how much to spend to administer the bill. that is a posed to situation where it -- opposed to a situation where money is automatically spent whether there is a vote or less. >> you can't have the federal government involve and have it cost less. flies in the face of reality.