Last night the House of Representatives took a major step forward in bringing much needed health care reform to the USA. I would like to offer my congratulations to President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, The AARP. the AMA, and all of the everyday Americans that have been flooding Congress with calls to let them know they support real health care reform.
The final vote was 220-215 in favor of the bill, a pretty small margin. From all appearances, this was made possible by a compromise forged late Friday night between Pro-Choice and Anti-choice Democrats. This resulted in the passage of what is referred to as the Stupack amendment, this will pretty much guarantee that no insurance plan made available within the Federal exchange will be able to provide coverage for elective abortions. That's right, yet another issue has boiled down to abortion.
While I don't agree with the amendment, if that's what it took to get this bill pushed through at this point, so be it. I applaud Democratic leadership for seeing this through.
Hopefully this will make some people sit up and take notice. Despite the best efforts of Tea Baggers and the fear mongering of the GOP, we've stuck to our guns and taken the first step on what will hopefully be a historic process that will bring health care to millions of Americans. Speak truth and light to idiocy and fear.
Hopefully this will get done, and Nancy Pelosi can go down in history as an American Hero. Thank you very much Madam Speaker.
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