Senate Approves Sweeping Health Care Reform Bill

The Senate approved historic legislation early Thursday, Christmas Eve, that promises to provide health insurance coverage to some 31 million people and to change the way many Americans receive and pay for their medical care. The votes of 58 Democrats and two independent senators provided exactly the number needed to pass the bill, which now will have to be merged with the House health care reform bill, go back to both houses for another vote and, if approved, go to President Obama for his signature. All 40 Republican senators opposed the bill. … Back to Article