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House Approves Health Law Repeal
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The US House of Representatives voted 245-189 in favor of repealing the health care law. Only 3 Democrats joined the entire Republican caucus in voting for repeal, compared to 34 Democrats who voted in March 2010 against the health care law. This is a largely symbolic move as the Democrat controlled Senate will not consider the repeal, and even if it did the President would veto it. Republicans favor some aspects of the health care law which allow children to be on the parent's insurance till age 26, and a ban on insurers denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Opinion polls show 46% of respondents opposed repealing and eliminating the law, and 45% favored repealing it. The health care issue ranks third among the economic issues important to respondents, behind unemployment and reducing the federal budget deficit.
Different interpretations of the savings or costs from the Obama Health Care Law
01/07/2011
The Congressional Budget Office estimates savings of $230 billion from the health care law. Other views show that some of the money should not have been counted in the math and some was doublecounted. The legislation involves spending $930 billion over a decade for insuring 32 million people, so is it overstating the case to say there are savings, says this different view.
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