Last night, at 11:15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill for health care reform. 219 Democrats and 1 Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana, voted for the bill while 39 Democrats and 176 Republicans voted against it. The bill was passed 220 to 215.
Highlights of the bill require all Americans to buy insurance and all medium and large business to supply health insurance to their employees. People will be able to chose their insurance including a public option which will provide health care for the uninsured who can't get insurance in their jobs. A tax increase for people who make more than $500,000 a year will help the lower income Americans pay for their insurance. And most importantly, at least from my viewpoint, the bill will prohibit insurance companies for excluding people because of pre-exsisting conditions! It's about time.
This is history. Various Senators and Congressmen have been working for approximately forty years for healht care reform. This is the closes we have ever come.
Now we just have to wait and see what the Senate is going to do. I'm hoping they too will pass the bill.
Here's a link to an article about the historic vote:
House Narrowly Passes Historic Health Care Bill
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