Republicans, eager to defeat Obama were handed a punishing defeat of their own last night. The health care bill was passed with a vote of 60 for the bill to 39 against. This has cleared the way for a monumental, full-scale debate set to begin after Thanksgiving on the legislation. The bill is designed to extend coverage to the 31 million Americans who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally.
Whether or not any of the goals are achieved if and when the bill passes legislation and takes effect is anyone's guess. In recent years the trend of inconsistencies and misjudgments on the governments behalf would point to a grim road lying ahead if in fact it does pass legislation.
I have said it before - I will say it yet again: Reform is absolutely essential - but this may not be the way to do it. Handing over control of anything to the government has not exactly turned out well in the past.
Video - Senator Reid's remarks shortly after the bill passed the vote.
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