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U.S. health-care reform: What are your experiences with the American system?
- March 22, 2010 12:53 PM |
- By POV
The U.S. House
of Representatives passed a historic health-care bill late Sunday that
will make coverage possible for more than 30 million uninsured Americans
and end discrimination by insurance companies against people with
existing medical conditions.Legislators voted 219 to 212 in favour of the landmark legislation that has been debated on Capitol Hill for a year.
The bill, previously passed by the Senate, will now go to President Barack Obama for his signing into law, possibly as early as Tuesday.
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