By NextBestFitAgency start-up before steady-state funding
Staff must be hired and trained before the administrative budget (a share of benefits) reaches its steady-state size.
Result
$9.0B
Per resident, per year
$26
÷ 341.1M people
Per household
$68
÷ 132.2M households
How it's calculated
| # | Step | Arithmetic | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UHA staff hired ahead of steady-state funding | 40,000 × $110,000 × 1.75 years | $7.7B |
| 2 | Regional offices set up | 10 × $80,000,000 | $0.8B |
| 3 | Rates Board, HTA Institute & Office of Patient Advocacy start-up | $0.5B | $0.5B |
| 4 | Total one-time cost | $9.0B |
By year
| Year 0 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3.0B | $3.0B | $2.0B | $1.0B | $0.0B | $0.0B | $0.0B |
Inputs used
| Input | Kind | Value |
|---|---|---|
| UHA staff hired ahead of steady-state funding | estimate, medium confidence | 40,000 |
| Loaded annual cost per UHA employee | estimate, medium confidence | $110,000 |
| Average years each hire is funded before steady state | estimate, medium confidence | 2 |
| Regional offices | policy, high confidence | 10 |
| Set-up cost per regional office | estimate, medium confidence | $80,000,000 |
| Rates Board, HTA Institute & Patient Advocacy start-up | estimate, medium confidence | $0.5B |
Trade-off: Front-loaded: hiring happens before each wave.