Health Care Reform Bill Passes

This is the holy grail for dems and they got it. Amazing day for dems. While there was no public option, there were laws implementing fairness.

Some highlights:

-Insurance companies can't deny coverage due to previous conditions like cancer.

-Insurance companies can't drop someone b/c they got too sick.

-Gives 32 million more Americans who didn't have health insurance access to insurance.

-closes medicare donut hole (a hole making seniors pay for some drugs.)

-creates insurance exchanges allowing states to combine and promotes competition between insurance agencies

That and much more. Check out the Times website.

What's next. The reconciliation bill. Two bills were passed on Sunday. One goes to Obama to be signed. The other bill (reconciliation fix-it bill) goes to the Senate to be passed. It's chances are very good.

For the GOP they totally gambled and lost. They are now spouting "repeal" which is the most asinine thing I have heard of in a long time. Take away peoples insurance and safe guards. They are really digging their hole as deep as possible.