Legislative Background on Health Care Reform
Recent Action in Congress
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to overhaul the Nation’s health care system and provide access to insurance to millions of Americans. Enactment of the highly controversial measure — with which both parties found fault — followed months of acrimonious debate and was far from certain up until the end. Final Passage of Health Care Reform. On November 7, 2009, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the Democrats’ health care reform measure, by a vote of 220 to 215, with only one Republican…
