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Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House
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by snuffysmith | November 7, 2009 at 09:50 pm
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Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, lawmakers voted to approve a $1.1 trillion, 10-year-plan that Democrats said said could be their defining social policy achievement.
After a daylong clash with Republicans over what has been a Democratic goal for decades, lawmakers voted 220 to 215 to approve a plan that would cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years and that Democrats said would provide relief to Americans struggling to buy or hold on to health insurance.
“This is our moment to revolutionize health care in this country,” said Representative George Miller, Democrat of California and one of the chief architects of the bill.
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Parsing the House Health Bill Wall Street Journal - Janet Adamy
With the House health bill passed, Congress moves a step closer to making the biggest changes to the health system in more than four decades. Here's a look at what the bill would mean for various groups