Obama Signs Healthcare Bill

President Obama signed the health care bill into law yesterday. After a long battle trying to get this bill passed, the president was finally able to sign something into law. A CNN article wrote:

The bill constitutes the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees in more than four decades, and its enactment was a giant victory for Obama and Democrats after a brutal legislative battle dating back to the start of his presidency.

No Republicans supported the bill in either the House or Senate, and Democratic leaders needed a separate bill that calls for changes in the new law in order to get enough support in the House to pass the measure.

The Senate started debate on the accompanying House bill later Tuesday, with Republican opponents promising to use every possible parliamentary tool or technique to undermine it.

The signing of this bill is an important event in American history. Like the article said, this is the biggest expansion of federal health care in a long time. The formation of this bill took a lot of time and effort and it would have been a shame had it not passed. Although there is strong opposition to the bill from some on the right, I have a feeling that with a few very small adjustments, we could make everyone feel on sort of satisfaction with the bill.