In Washington the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Obama administration's signature health-care legislation Wednesday evening, a vote of newly electedRepublican majority called a fulfillment of their number 1 campaign promise. The legislation is unlikely to make it past the Democratic-controlled Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he won't bring it to the floor for a vote. Republicans have not presented an alternative bill to replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which passed in 2010 over their unanimous opposition. Most Republicans have acknowledged the virtual impossibility of an outright repeal, but have said they will try to cut funding to portions of the measure or eliminate specific provisions in the months ahead. The nearly $900 billion health-care law passed Congress in 2010 over unaimous Repulican opposition. the extend health coverage to 32 million Americans when fully implemented.
I personally think that it was a good reason to extend the health care bill because it would extend health care to people that don't have health care for their family. The health care bill requires americans to obtain heath insurance from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, eliminates lifetime caps on coverage and allows families to keep children on their policies until age 26.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/19/health.care/index.html?hpt=T2
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