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If something has a cost of 1 dollar, and a savings of a buck and a quarter, it saves money, but costs a dollar. See the problem. A bunch of savings and revenue increasers where included in ACA to offset to total cost and make it save money(over 10 years). SO when you say they projected it saving money it was figuring both halves into the equation. When you say costing over a trillion, you are figuring just one side of the equation in.
just to add to the above example, the cbo is rather clear that all the cost saving measures in the ACA are not likely to be implemented, and their estimate assumes it's full implementation