Health Care Vote Results: House of Representatives approve bill
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The new healthcare bill has now been passed by the House of Representatives; this is the biggest health care policy change in forty years. This is seen as a huge victory for President Barack Obama and shows that he still has what it takes to reform America.
According to The New York Times, the vote was very close, 220-215. One Republican even supported the bill, another boost for the Obama administration. The new bill will now allow for almost all Americans to have health cover and no insurance will be able to refuse those who already have an existing condition.
The price tag for this new healthcare bill totals $1 trillion, something that the Republicans are not happy with as the wealthy will be the ones to stump up the extra cash by increasing taxes. As you would expect, the Democrats were very happy when they had their 218th vote recorded.
This will be a huge overhaul of the healthcare system which already totals $2.5 trillion; this is one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Whether it is the right change remains to be seen, do you agree with the new changes?