House Could Vote on Health Care Reform This Week

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a vote this week on the new House health care reform bill, dubbed Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962), even though lawmakers are planning to tack on an extra 800-pages to the already mammoth bill at the last minute.

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U.S. House Poised to Vote on Health Care

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer

After turning down 31 common-sense amendments to the proposed government-run health care plan, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill that includes radical new measures including mandated national ID cards, government restricted access to disabled citizens and mandatory end-of-life counseling sessions for seniors.

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