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After a year of political debate and criticism from both left and right, the House of Representatives passed the Senate health insurance reform bill on March 21.
The vote was 219 for and 212 against, with not a single Republican voting for the bill and 34 Democrats voting against the bill.
On March 23, President Obama signed the bill into law.
However, the landmark reform bill has experienced attacks from both sides of the aisle.
Many Liberals wanted the controversial public option to be a part of the bill and say that it does not go far enough. Conservatives such as those from the Tea Party movement believe it gives the government too much power in the health care system and that the bill is far too costly.
Some of the bill’s changes to the health care system include requiring insurers to keep young adults as beneficiaries on their own parents’ plans until they are 26 and penalizing Americans through the Internal Revenue Service who do not carry health insurance, as it will be required for most by 2014.
The bill is 1,990 pages.
