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HEALTH CARE REFORM:
Landmark Health Care Overhaul Bill Heads to Obama's Desk
Landmark Health Care Overhaul Bill Heads to Obama's Desk
By Alan Silverleib, CNN
March 22, 2010 6:12 a.m. EDT
CNN Politics
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/22/health.care.main/?hpt=T1>
Washington (CNN) -- A sweeping bill overhauling the U.S. medical system
goes to President Obama's desk on Monday to be signed into law.
The House of Representatives passed the measure late Sunday, delivering a
historic victory to Obama, who had made it his No. 1 domestic priority.
The bill passed in a 219-212 vote after more than a year of bitter
partisan debate. All 178 Republicans opposed it, along with 34 Democrats.
The measure, which cleared the Senate in December, constitutes the biggest
expansion of federal health care guarantees since Medicare and Medicaid
were enacted more than four decades ago.
A separate compromise package of changes expanding the reach of the
measure also passed the House over unanimous GOP opposition, and is now
set to be taken up by the Senate.
The overall $940 billion plan is projected to extend insurance coverage to
roughly 32 million additional Americans. It represents a significant step
toward the goal of universal coverage sought by every Democratic president
since Harry Truman.
Most Americans will now be required to have health insurance or pay a
fine. Larger employers will be required to provide coverage or risk
financial penalties. Total individual out-of-pocket expenses will be
capped and insurers will be barred from denying coverage based on gender
or pre-existing conditions.
The compromise package would add to the bill's total cost partly by
expanding insurance subsidies for middle- and lower-income families. The
measure would scale back the bill's taxes on expensive insurance plans.
Numerous House members insisted they would not vote for the Senate bill
without a clear promise that senators would approve the changes.
"This is what change looks like," Obama said shortly after the votes. The
passage of health care reform is "not a victory for any one party. ...
It's a victory for the American people and it's a victory for common
sense."
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