2: Update

This is really exciting! The Health Care Reform Bill just passed in the house by a very close margin of 220 to 215. The House passing the bill means that President Obama has accomplished something that presidents such as Roosevelt, Johnson, Nixon, Cater and Clinton. So what is the probability that Obama’s dream of affordable health care will come true? According to Alia McMullen, a writer from the National Post, “the bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate amid a schism on the economic impact of the proposal.” Some in Washington believe that the 1-trillion dollar reform bill will cause even more debt; that Obama’s dream is out of reach. On the other end of the spectrum, the word is that health care reform is a must. There are just two more steps before the bill can be put into action. Sixty of the one hundred votes are what it will take to pass in the Senate. Then the House and the Senate need to agree on a one version of the bill. We shall see what is to come!