Health Care Reform

On Christmas Eve the Senate passed the Obama Administration's proposed health care reform bill.  For many Americans, this marks the greatest step towards an affordable public health care plan.  An $871 billion health care bill passed by a vote of 60-39.  The full article reported by CNN on Christmas Eve, 2009 is posted on the CNN website.

Now congressional leaders are working to merge the bill with a $1 trillion House bill without allowing Republicans to scuttle progress.  The hope is that a health care bill can be placed on President Obama's desk by early February, shortly before the State of the Union address.