Health Care Bill Passes House

[Joanne O'Neill]

Well folks they wasted allot of paper on a bill that supports the insurance companies and not much else. At least they should have thought about saving those trees since they didn't think about saving people.

 

Stupak's amendment passed, yet she wouldn't allow Weiner's amendment to the floor???????

 

Joanne  

 

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> NPR BREAKING NEWS:
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> Health Care Bill Passes House
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> The House of Representatives has passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, clearing a major hurdle in the track toward a final plan.
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> More at NPR.org:
> http://n.npr.org/NPRI/jN56573450_207314_207313_Z.htm
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House Passes Health Care Bill

by Andrea Seabrook

 

November 7, 2009

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system late Saturday night, clearing a major hurdle in the track toward a final plan. The final vote was 220-215 with 219 Democrats and one Republican in favor.

The Democrats' sweeping $1.2 trillion legislation would cover millions of people who are uninsured.

Earlier in the evening, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, introduced by conservative Democrats and intended to bar abortion services from any insurance plan paid for with a federal subsidy. The vote was 240-194 in favor, with one vote of "present." Sixty-four Democrats voted "yes" on the amendment, along with all but one Republican, John Shaddeg (R-Ariz.), who voted "present."

A modest and less expensive Republican alternative was voted down, 176-258, with the vote nearly all along party lines. One lone Republican voted against his party's plan, Tim Johnson (R-Ill.)

More details to come.